Mineralogical and stable isotope studies of gold-arsenic mineralisation in the Sams Creek peralkaline porphyritic granite, South Island, New Zealand

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 802-827

  Faure, Kevin ^a   Brathwaite, Robert L ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Gold; Granite; Isotope; Peralkaline; Porphyry

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GOLD; MINERALIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 33244475137     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0013-y     Document Type: Article

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