Telescoped porphyry-style and epithermal veins and alteration at the central maratoto valley prospect, hauraki goldfield, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-56

  Simpson, Mark P ^a   Mauk, Jeffrey L ^a   Kendrick, Ross G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Harrison Grierson Consultants Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Carbonates; Central Maratoto valley; Coromandel Volcanic Zone; Epithermal deposit; Fluid inclusions; Hydrothermal alteration; Oxygen and carbon isotopes; Porphyry deposit; Telescoping

Indexed keywords

EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PORPHYRY; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

AUSTRALASIA; COROMANDEL PENINSULA; HAURAKI GOLDFIELD; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

EID: 2442657539     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515036     Document Type: Article

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