Geophysical Expression of Low Sulphidation Epithermal Au-Ag Deposits and Exploration Implications -Examples from the Hokusatsu Region of SW Kyushu, Japan-

Resource Geology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 75-86

  Feebrey, Craig A ^a   Hishida, Hajime ^a   Yoshioka, Ken ^a   Nakayama, Ken ^a  

^a GAS AND METALS NATIONAL CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aeromagnetics; Epithermal gold deposit; Gravity; Hokusatsu; Radiometrics

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC SURVEY; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; ILLITE; MAGNETITE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ VEIN; RADIOMETRIC SURVEY; SILVER; SULFIDE;

JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 0032345796     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.1998.tb00008.x     Document Type: Article

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