The role of carbonaceous "Indicator" slates in the Genesis of lode gold mineralization in the Western Lachlan Orogen, Victoria, Southeastern Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 431-451

  Bierlein, Frank P ^a   Cartwright, Ian ^a   McKnight, Stafford ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION;

CARBON; GOLD DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SLATE;

GEOLOGY;

GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; SLATE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035326830     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.96.3.431     Document Type: Article

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