Genesis of epithermal Au-Ag mineralization of the Koryu Mine, Hokkaido, Japan

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 303-325

  Shimizu, Toru ^a,c   Matsueda, Hiroharu ^a   Ishiyama, Daizo ^b   Matsubaya, Osamu ^b  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD/SILVER DEPOSIT; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE GENESIS;

JAPAN, HOKKAIDO, KORYU MINE;

EID: 0031696492     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.3.303     Document Type: Article

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