Lode and placer gold composition in the Klondike district, Yukon Territory, Canada: Implications for the nature and genesis of Klondike placer and lode gold deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 649-664

  Knight, J B ^a   Mortensen, J K ^b   Morison, S R ^c  

^a Micro Science   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Gartner Lee Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; LODE DEPOSIT; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; PLACER DEPOSIT;

CANADA;

EID: 0033377773     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.5.649     Document Type: Article

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