Rutile geochemistry as a guide to porphyry Cu-Au mineralization, Northparkes, New South Wales, Australia

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 247-253

  Scott, Keith M ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cu Au; Geochemistry; Porphyry; Rutile; Zoning

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CLAY ALTERATION; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD ALLOYS; MINERALOGY; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNGSTEN ALLOYS; WEATHERING; ZONING;

ACCESSORY MINERALS; AUSTRALIA; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; LOWER PALAEOZOIC; NEW SOUTH WALES , AUSTRALIA; PORPHYRY; RUTILE; WEATHERING PROCESS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

COPPER; GOLD; MINERALIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW SOUTH WALES; WORLD;

EID: 23044497452     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/03-055     Document Type: Article

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