Epigenetic nature of the BIF-hosted gold mineralization at Ajjanahalli, Southern India: Evidence from ore petrography and fluid inclusion studies

Gondwana Research

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 531-540

  Pal, Nabarun ^a   Mishra, Biswajit ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Ajjanahalli; BIF; Fluid inclusion; Gold; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION; DECOMPRESSION; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HOST ROCK; KINEMATICS; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGRAPHY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); QUARTZ VEIN; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

AJJANAHALLI MINE; INDIA; KARNATAKA;

EID: 0142062920     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1342-937X(05)71004-2     Document Type: Article

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