Deciphering the complex fluid history of a greenstone-hosted gold deposit: Fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies of the Giant mine, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1643-1663

  Shelton, Kevin L ^a   McMenamy, Todd A ^a   Van Hees, Edmond H P ^b   Falck, Hendrik ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c C S Lord Northern Geoscience Ctr   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESOTHERMAL; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; METAVOLCANIC ROCKS; MINERALIZATIONS;

COMMINUTION; FLUID MECHANICS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPES; QUARTZ; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); REFRACTORY METALS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; GREENSTONE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

LIGUSTRUM VULGARE;

EID: 16444364988     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.8.1643     Document Type: Review

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