Geochemical signature of mineralization in weathered sediments and bedrock, Thunderdome prospect, Broken Hill region, western New South Wales, Australia: Implications for mineral exploration under cover

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 263-280

  Tonui, Eric ^a,b   de Caritat, Patrice ^a   Leyh, Wolfgang ^c  

^a Geoscience Australia ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^c Eaglehawk Geological Consulting Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basin cover; Blind mineralization; Geochemical dispersion; Regolith; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER METALLOGRAPHY; DISPERSIONS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD METALLOGRAPHY; IRON OXIDES; LEAD ALLOYS; LEAD METALLOGRAPHY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALS; SEDIMENTS; SILVER ALLOYS; SILVER METALLOGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY; TERNARY ALLOYS; WEATHERING; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC METALLOGRAPHY;

BASIN COVER; BLIND MINERALIZATIONS; CRYSTALLINE MINERALS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; PROTEROZOIC BASEMENT; REGOLITH; TRANSPORT MECHANISM;

MINERALOGY;

BEDROCK; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; REGOLITH; WEATHERING;

AUSTRALIA; BROKEN HILL; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 0141425551     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/03-010     Document Type: Article

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