Geological features and origin of gold deposits occurring in the Baotou-Bayan Obo district, south-central Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 20, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 139-169

  Nie, Feng Jun ^a   Jiang, Si Hong ^a   Su, Xin Xu ^b   Wang, Xin Liang ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b Inner Mongolian Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

Alkaline magmatism; Baotou Bayan Obo; Geologic features; Gold deposits; Inner Mongolia; Ore genesis

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION;

COMPOSITION; GOLD DEPOSITS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINING; PYRITES; SANDSTONE;

GEOLOGY;

GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

CHINA;

EID: 0036707353     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(02)00069-0     Document Type: Article

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