Gold mineralisation in the central Ochil Hills, Perthshire, UK

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2005, Pages

  Chapman, R J ^a   Shaw, M H ^b   Leake, R C ^a   Jackson, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Epithermal gold mineralisation; Microchemical characterisation; Ochil Hills; Placer gold

Indexed keywords

GLACIAL GEOLOGY; INCLUSIONS; MERCURY (METAL); METALLURGY; MINING; ROCKS; SILVER;

BISMUTH TELLARIDES; CHALCOCITE; GLACIAL ACTION; GOLD GRAINS;

GOLD;

GOLD; MINERALIZATION;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; OCHIL HILLS; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22444434135     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174505X45469     Document Type: Article

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