Orogenic gold deposits: a proposed classification in the context of their crustal distribution and relationship to other gold deposit types

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 1-5, 1998, Pages 7-27

  Groves, D I ^a   Goldfarb, R J ^b   Gebre Mariam, M ^a,c   Hagemann, S G ^a   Robert, F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Wiluna Gold Mines Limited   (Australia)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLASSIFICATION; GOLD DEPOSIT; OROGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS;

EID: 0031663833     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(97)00012-7     Document Type: Article

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