Characteristics of mineralization and gold occurrence in Shaxi porphyry copper-gold deposit, central Anhui, China

Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Abhandlungen

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 293-320

  Yang, Xiao Yong ^a   Wang, Kuiren ^a   Yang, Xue Ming ^a   Hefei, Liguang Sun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Deposit; East China; EMPA; Gold; Gold occurrence; PIXE; Shaxi porphyry copper

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEY; MICROSCOPY; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; FUJIAN; SHAXIAN;

EID: 32744470000     PISSN: 00777757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7757/2002/0177-0293     Document Type: Article

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