Telluride mineralogy of the low-sulfidation epithermal Emperor gold deposit, Vatukoula, Fiji

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 79, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 285-307

  Pals, D W ^a   Spry, P G ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; MINERALOGY; PETROGRAPHY; TELLURIDE;

FIJI; MELANESIA; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN; VATUKOULA;

EID: 0742322911     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-003-0013-5     Document Type: Article

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