Constraints on the composition of ore fluids and implications for mineralising events at the Cleo gold deposit, Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 19-38

  Brown, S M ^a   Johnson, C A ^b   Watling, R J ^c   Premo, W R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cleo; Eastern Goldfields Province; Fluid inclusions; Gold; Isotopes; Ore fluids; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0037298788     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-0952.2003.00971.x     Document Type: Article

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