Alteration patterns related to hydrothermal gold mineralization in meta-andesites at Dungash area, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Resource Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 19-30

  Helba, Hossam A ^a   Khalil, Khalil I ^a   Abdou, Nagdi M F ^b  

^a Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^b NUCLEAR MATERIALS AUTHORITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Carbonatization; Chloritization; Hydrothermal activity; Mass balance; Meta andesites; Pharaonic gold deposits; Sericitization

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; GREENSCHIST FACIES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MASS BALANCE; METAMORPHISM; METAVOLCANIC ROCK; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ VEIN; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; REPLACEMENT;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT;

EID: 0042411146     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2001.tb00078.x     Document Type: Article

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