The geology of the Lega Dembi gold deposit, southern Ethiopia: Implications for Pan-African gold exploration

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 491-504

  Billay, A Y ^a   Kisters, A F M ^a   Meyer, F M ^a   Schneider, J ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LODE DEPOSIT; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ VEIN;

ETHIOPIA, LEGA DEMBI;

EID: 0031458114     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050117     Document Type: Article

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