Gold-bearing arsenian pyrite and marcasite and arsenopyrite from Carlin Trend gold deposits and laboratory synthesis

American Mineralogist

Volumn 82, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 182-193

  Fleet, Michael E ^a   Mumin, A Hamid ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMISORPTION; DEPOSITS; IRON; PYRITES; STARS; SULFIDE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC SUBSTITUTIONS; BACKSCATTERED ELECTRONS; CHEMICAL PARAMETERS; HYDROTHERMALLY; INVISIBLE GOLDS; METASTABILITIES; METASTABLE SOLID SOLUTION; OXIDATION STATE;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ARSENIAN PYRITE; ARSENOPYRITE; GOLD; MARCASITE;

USA, NEVADA, CARLIN TREND;

EID: 0030842886     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am-1997-1-220     Document Type: Article

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