Gold mineralization in the Mazowe area, Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe: I. Tectonic controls on mineralization

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 35, Issue 2-3, 2000, Pages 126-137

  Blenkinsop, T G ^a   Oberthur T ^b   Mapeto, O ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

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

^c Mazowe Mine   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MINERALIZATION; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONICS;

MAZOWE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0034105430     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050011     Document Type: Article

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