Temperature gradients recorded by fluid inclusions and hydrothermal alteration at the Mount Charlotte gold deposit, Kalgoorlie, Australia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1383-1403

  Mernagh, Terrence P ^a   Heinrich, Christoph A ^b   Mikucki, Edward J ^c  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Fluid inclusions; Gold deposit; Gold mineralization; Hydrothermal alteration; Kalgoorlie; Mount Charlotte

Indexed keywords

FLOW OF FLUIDS; GOLD; MINERALOGY; PYRITES;

AQUEOUS INCLUSIONS; FLUID INCLUSION ASSEMBLAGES (FIA); QUARTZ VEINS;

QUARTZ;

FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; KALGOORLIE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; WORLD;

EID: 12344307400     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.5.1383     Document Type: Article

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