A fluid inclusion study on columnar adularia from the Hishikari low-sulfidation epithermal gold deposit, Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 73-78

  Etoh, Jiro ^a   Izawa, Eiji ^a   Taguchi, Sachihiro ^b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Boiling; Columnar adularia; Fluid inclusions; Hishikari deposit; Paleo water table

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MELTING; MINERALIZATION; SALINITY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

JAPAN;

EID: 0038089044     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2002.tb00119.x     Document Type: Article

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