Geological controls on refractory ore in an orogenic gold deposit, Macraes mine, New Zealand

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 45-58

  Petrie, B S ^a   Craw, Dave ^a   Ryan, C G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD; ORE DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 22344447464     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0467-y     Document Type: Article

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