Mineralogical and genetical aspects of the Doyashiki Kuroko deposits, Hokuroku Basin, Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-153

  Kitazono, Satoshi ^a   Ueno, Hirotomo ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Digenite; Electrum; Hokuroku; Kuroko; Ore deposits; Ore minerals

Indexed keywords

GANGUE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALOGY; MIOCENE; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

DOYASHIKI KUROKO DEPOSIT; HONSHU; JAPAN;

EID: 0242275156     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2003.tb00165.x     Document Type: Article

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