Chemical state of gold deposited from quenched Mg-S-H-O fluids by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1485-1495

  Knipe, Stephen W ^a   Fleet, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Au S H complexes; Gold; Mg S H O Au system; Precipitation of gold; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HYDROSULPHIDE; MINERAL PRECIPITATION; XPS;

EID: 0031389831     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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