The pyrite-gold association in dolomites and carbonated metavolcanics from the Turk Mine, Zimbabwe: The link between late shearing and gold introduction

South African Journal of Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 217-230

  Xenophontos, Liza ^a   Stevens, Gary ^b   Przybylowicz, Wojciech J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (South Africa)

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EID: 2442502309     PISSN: 10120750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/1040217     Document Type: Article

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