Fluid-mineral reaction in the Lake George granodiorite, New Brunswick, Canada: Implications for Au-W-Mo-Sb mineralization

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1443-1464

  Yang, Xue Ming ^a   Lentz, David R ^a   Chi, Guoxiang ^b   Kyser, T Kurtis ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canadian Appalachians; Carbonic fluids; Fluid inclusions; Gold mineralization; Granodiorite; Hydrogen isotopes; Instrusion related gold systems; Lake George; Mineral fluid interaction; New Brunswick; Oxygen isotopes

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FELDSPAR; FLUID DYNAMICS; GRAPHITE; GROUNDWATER; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINES;

COOLING MAGMAS; GRANODIORITIC MAGMA; QUARTZ PHENOCRYSTS;

ROCKS;

DEVONIAN; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; GRANODIORITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION;

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12344289681     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.5.1443     Document Type: Article

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