Structural setting, style and timing of vein-hosted gold mineralization at the Pogo deposit, east central Alaska

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 863-875

  Rhys, David ^a   DiMarchi, Jack ^b   Smith, Moira ^b   Friesen, Robert ^b   Rombach, Cameron ^c  

^a Panterra Geoservices Inc   (Canada)

^b Teck Cominco Metals Ltd   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0344120794     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-003-0372-1     Document Type: Article

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