Relative timing of deformational, metamorphic and mineralisation events at the Mt. Todd (Yimuyn Manjerr) Mine, Pine Creek Inlier, Northern Territory, Australia

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 22, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 143-175

  Hein, K A A ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Gold; Granites; Lithology; Metamorphism; Palaeoproterozoic; Structure

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; GOLD ORE TREATMENT; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

PALAEOPROTEROZOIC;

GEOLOGY;

DEFORMATION; GOLD; LEUCOGRANITE; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; PROTEROZOIC; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

AUSTRALIA; MOUNT TODD MINE; NORTHERN TERRITORY;

EID: 0037364055     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(02)00140-3     Document Type: Article

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