Gold Mineralization and Occurrence of Sinter in the Hoshino Area, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 371-380

  Belhadi, Ahmed ^a   Nakanishi, Tetsuya ^a   Watanabe, Koichiro ^a   Izawa, Eiji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical composition; Gold mineralization; Hoshino area; Hydrothermal alteration; Sinter

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; MIXED LAYER; PLIOCENE; SILICA MINERAL; SILICIFICATION; SINTER; SMECTITE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

FUKUOKA [KYUSHU]; JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 0042384740     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2002.tb00147.x     Document Type: Article

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