Geology and geochemistry of the Barneys Canyon gold deposit, Utah

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 273-288

  Presnell, Ricardo D ^a   Parry, W T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; ORE GENESIS;

USA, UTAH, BARNEYS CANYON;

EID: 0030485398     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.2.273     Document Type: Article

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