Alteration, mineralization, and fluid evolution at the Eloise Cu-Au deposit, Cloncurry district, Northwest Queensland, Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1213-1236

  Baker, T ^a,b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032427584     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.8.1213     Document Type: Article

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