Gold mineralization without quartz veins in a ductile-brittle shear zone, Macraes Mine, Otago Schist, New Zealand

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 382-394

  Craw, D ^a   Windle, S J ^a   Angus, P V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Macraes Mining Co Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; GREENSCHIST FACIES; MINERALIZATION; SHEAR ZONE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0032795592     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050211     Document Type: Article

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