Pongkor (west Java, Indonesia): A Pliocene supergene-enriched epithermal Au-Ag-(Mn) deposit

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 131-149

  Milesi J P ^a   Marcoux, E ^a,d   Sitorus, T ^b   Simandjuntak, M ^b   Leroy, J ^c   Bailly, L ^a  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b Unit Geologi   (Indonesia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; PLIOCENE; SILVER;

INDONESIA;

EID: 0032896993     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050191     Document Type: Article

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