Characteristics of barren quartz veins in the Proterozoic La Ronge Domain, Saskatchewan, Canada: a comparison with auriferous counterparts

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 602-616

  Field, M Paul ^a,b   Kerrich, Robert ^a,b   Kyser, T Kurtis ^a,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CANADA;

EID: 0032419596     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.5.602     Document Type: Article

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