Gold-copper alloy minerals from the Kerr mine, Ontario

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 573-586

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Au Cu alloys; Au3Cu compound; Chemical composition; Kerr mine; Ontario; Tetra auricupride; X ray data; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GOLD/COPPER ALLOY; MINERAL CHEMISTRY;

CANADA, ONTARIO, KERR MINE;

EID: 0031465852     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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