Geologic setting, geochemistry of alteration, and U-Pb age of hydrothermal zircon from the silurian stog'er tight gold prospect, Newfoundland Appalachians, Canada

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 171-188

  Ramezani, J ^a   Dunning, G R ^a   Wilson, M R ^a  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; ORE DEPOSIT; ZIRCON;

CANADA; NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0742322697     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/0090171     Document Type: Article

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