Quartz-alunite alteration in the western part of the Virginia Range, Washoe and Storey Counties, Nevada

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 338-346

  Vikre, Peter G ^a  

^a ASARCO Incorporated ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; PRECIOUS METAL;

USA, NEVADA, VIRGINIA RANGE;

EID: 0031669915     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.3.338     Document Type: Article

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