Predictive distribution of fault-fill and extensional veins: Example from the Sigma gold mine, Abitibi subprovince, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1397-1405

  Gaboury, Damien ^a   Carrier, Alain ^b   Crevier, Michel ^b   Pelletier, Carl ^b   Sketchley, Dale A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b McWatters Mining Exploration   (Canada)

^c Acuity Management Ltd   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAULT-FILL VEINS;

GOLD DEPOSITS; GOLD MINES; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

GEOMETRY; GOLD; SHEAR ZONE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CANADA;

EID: 0035466539     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.96.6.1397     Document Type: Article

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