Epithermal gold mineralization in an old volcanic arc: The Jacinto deposit, Camaguey district, Cuba

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 487-506

  Simon, Grigore ^a,e   Kesler, Stephen E ^a   Russell, Norman ^b   Hall, Chris M ^a   Bell, David ^c   Piñero, Enrique ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b CaribGold Mines   (Cuba)

^c CaribGold Resources   (Canada)

^d Empresa Geologo Minera Camaguey ^*  (Cuba)

^e SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; ISLAND ARC; MINERALIZATION;

CUBA;

EID: 0032760199     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.4.487     Document Type: Article

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