Age constraints on Jerritt Canyon and other Carlin-type gold deposits in the western United States-relationship to mid-Tertiary extension and magmatism

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 769-802

  Hofstra, A H ^a   Snee, L W ^a   Rye, R O ^a   Folger, H W ^a   Phinisey, J D ^b   Loranger, R J ^b   Dahl, A R ^b   Naeser, C W ^c   Stein, H J ^c,e   Lewchuk, M ^d,f  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture   (United States)

^c U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^e Veterinary Dentistry and Oral Surgery   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GOLD; MAGMATISM; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; TERTIARY;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033383314     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.6.769     Document Type: Article

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