The granite hosted gold deposit of Moulin de Chéni (Saint-Yrieix district, Massif Central, France): Petrographic, structural, fluid inclusion and oxygen isotope constraints

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 265-281

  Vallance, Jean ^a,b   Boiron, Marie Christine ^a   Cathelineau, Michel ^a   Fourcade, Serge ^c   Varlet, Michel ^d   Marignac, Christian ^e  

^a CRPG CNRS   (France)

^b Section des sciences de la Terre et de l'environnement   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^d Societé de Mines du Bourneix   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Fluid mixing; Orogenic gold; Oxygen isotopes; P T conditions; Variscan belt

Indexed keywords

GOLD; GRANITE; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; P-T CONDITIONS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MASSIF CENTRAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 2942557036     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-003-0396-6     Document Type: Article

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