On the relationship between auriferous talc deposits hosted in volcanic rocks and massive sulphide deposits in Egypt

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 23, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 223-257

  Botros, Nagy Shawky ^a  

^a Egyptian Mineral Resources Authority   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Eastern Desert; Egypt; Gold mineralization; Massive sulphides; Talc deposits

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GEOLOGY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; ROCKS;

MINERALIZATION;

TALC DEPOSITS;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GOLD; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; TALC; VOLCANIC ROCK;

EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT;

EID: 0142230534     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2003.07.003     Document Type: Article

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