A petrogenetic model for the Koperberg Suite: Evidence from the Jubilee Mine, Namaqualand, South Africa

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 121-134

  Van Zwieten, A J M ^a,b   McCarthy, T S ^a   Cawthorn, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b Winkelhaak Mines Ltd   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSIMILATION; BORNITE; CHALCOPYRITE; KOPERBERG SUITE; MINERALIZATION; PETROGENESIS; SULPHIDE;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE, NAMAQUALAND;

EID: 0030481921     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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