Gold mineralization in the Mazowe area, Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe: II. Genetic relationships deduced from mineralogical, fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies, and the Sm-Nd isotopic composition of scheelites

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 138-156

  Oberthur T ^a   Blenkinsop, T G ^b   Hein, U F ^c   Hoppner M ^d   Hohndorf A ^a   Weiser, T W ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^c Inst Mineral Mineralische R   (Germany)

^d ALSEN AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; MINERALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

MAZOWE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034101019     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050012     Document Type: Article

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