Geology and Origin of the Dongping Alkalic-Type Gold Deposit, Northern Hebei Province, People's Republic of China

Resource Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 139-158

  Nie, Feng Jun ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alkalic type gold deposit; Alkaline intrusive rock; Dongping; Northwest Hebei; Ore genesis

Indexed keywords

ALKALI METAL; ARCHEAN; FAULT ZONE; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHIC ROCK; METEORIC WATER; MIXING; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PETROLOGY; QUARTZ VEIN; SPHALERITE; SYENITE;

CHINA; HEBEI;

EID: 0032261111     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.1998.tb00013.x     Document Type: Article

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