The Application of Mirochemical Analysis of Alluvial Gold Grains to the Understanding of Complex Local and Regional Gold Mineralization: A Case Study in the Irish and Scottish Caledonides

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 1753-1774

  Chapman, R J ^a   Leake, R C ^a   Moles, N R ^a   Earls, G ^a   Cooper, C ^a   Harrington, K ^a   Berzins, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

ALLOYING; BISMUTH; GOLD; REGIONAL PLANNING; SILVER;

GEOLOGY;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; PLACER DEPOSIT;

IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034447774     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.8.1753     Document Type: Article

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