Documentation of variable trace- and rare-earth-element abundances in carbonates from auriferous quartz veins in Meguma lode-gold deposits, Nova Scotia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 469-488

  Kontak, Daniel J ^a   Jackson, Simon J ^b,c  

^a NOVA SCOTIA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Lode gold deposits; Meguma Group; Nova Scotia; Rare earth elements; Strontium

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; QUARTZ VEIN; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0032730927     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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