Controls on hydrothermal Fe oxide-Cu-Au-Co mineralization at the Guelb Moghrein deposit, Akjoujt area, Mauritania

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-81

  Kolb, Jochen ^a   Sakellaris, Gregori A ^a   Meyer, F Michael ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Akjoujt; Fe oxide Cu Au Co deposit; Guelb Moghrein; Hydrothermal; Mauritania

Indexed keywords

ALLOY GROUP; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; QUARTZ; SIDERITE;

AFRICA; MAURITANIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 33646052585     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0041-7     Document Type: Article

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