Geology, mineralogy, and fluid inclusion data of the furtei high-sulfidation gold deposit, Sardinia, Italy

Economic Geology

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-19

  Ruggieri, Giovanni ^a   Lattanzi, Pierfranco ^b   Luxoro, Silvana S ^c   Dessì, Roberto ^c   Benvenuti, Marco ^d   Tanelli, Giuseppe ^d  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^c Agenzia Governativa Regionale   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HIGH SULPHIDATION DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION;

ITALY, SARDINIA, FURTEI;

EID: 0030827496     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.92.1.1     Document Type: Article

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