40Ar/ 39Ar dating and mineral paragenesis for carlin-type gold deposits along the Getchell trend, Nevada: Evidence for cretaceous and tertiary gold mineralization

Economic Geology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 601-622

  Groff, John A ^a   Heizler, Matthew T ^b   Mcintosh, William C ^b   Norman, David I ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GOLD; TERTIARY;

USA;

EID: 0031402646     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.92.5.601     Document Type: Article

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