The Hemlo gold deposit, Ontario, Canada: Principal deposit characteristics and constraints on mineralization

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 1-66

  Muir, T L ^a  

^a Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alteration; Archean; Disseminated replacement; Hemlo gold deposit; Mesozonal orogenic; Structural control

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION;

DEFORMATION; STATISTICAL METHODS; STRAIN; VOLCANOES;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ARCHEAN; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; METAMORPHISM; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION;

CANADA;

EID: 0036788687     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(02)00066-5     Document Type: Article

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