Gold mineralisation near the Main Divide, upper Wilberforce valley, Southern Alps, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 199-215

  Becker, J A ^a   Craw, D ^a   Horton, T ^b   Chamberlain, C P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b Dartmouth College ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; Gold; Hydrothermal system; Southern Alps; Stable isotopes; Torlesse Terrane

Indexed keywords

FRACTURE; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINERALIZATION; TECTONIC SETTING;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; WILBERFORCE VALLEY;

EID: 0033869816     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2000.9514881     Document Type: Article

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