Thrust-fracture network and hydrothermal gold mineralization: Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 155, Issue , 1999, Pages 153-165

  Jolley, S J ^a   Henderson, I H C ^a,b   Barnicoat, A C ^a   Fox, N P C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b Terra Mining AB   (Sweden)

^c AngloGold Ashanti Limited   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE NETWORK; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

SOUTH AFRICA; WITWATERSRAND BASIN;

EID: 0032804848     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.155.01.12     Document Type: Article

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