Jurassic mesothermal gold mineralization of the samhwanghak mine, Youngdong Area, Republic of Korea: Constraints on hydrothermal fluid geochemistry

Economic Geology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 60-80

  So, Chil Sup ^a   Yun, Seong Taek ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; JURASSIC;

KOREA (SOUTH), YOUNGDONG, SAMHWANGHAK MINE;

EID: 0030774143     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.92.1.60     Document Type: Article

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