Towards an understanding of the age and origin of mesothermal gold mineralisation in the Etheridge Goldfield, Georgetown region, north Queensland

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 247-263

  Bain, J H C ^a   Black, L P ^a   Etminan, H ^a   Sun, S S ^a   Withnall, I W ^b   Golding, S D ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b Geological Survey of Queensland   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Etheridge Goldfield; Fluid inclusions; Gold deposits; Isotopic dating; Metallogenic model; Oxygen isotopes; Quartz veins

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; PALAEOZOIC;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031850497     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728385     Document Type: Article

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