Lithological and structural controls on the form and setting of vein stockwork orebodies at the Mount Charlotte gold deposit, Kalgoorlie

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-98

  Ridley, John ^b   Mengler, Faron ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT GEOMETRY; GOLD; LITHOLOGY; ORE BODY; QUARTZ VEIN; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0034097677     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.1.85     Document Type: Article

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