Metamorphosed archean epithermal Au-As-Sb-Zn-(Hg) vein mineralization at the Campbell Mine, Northwestern Ontario

Economic Geology

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 696-719

  Penczak, Robert S ^a,b   Mason, Robert ^a,c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Box 241 ^*  (Canada)

^c Mason Exploration Associates Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; EPITHERMAL MINERALIZATION; GOLD DEPOSIT; GREENSTONE BELT; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSITION;

CANADA, ONTARIO, CAMPBELL MINE;

EID: 0031427742     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.92.6.696     Document Type: Article

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