Leven Star deposit: An example of Middle to Late Devonian intrusion-related gold systems in the western Lachlan Orogen, Victoria

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 343-362

  Whittam, R R ^a   Bierlein, F P ^a,b   McKnight, S ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Central victorian gold province; Devonian; Fluid inclusions; Gold deposits; Lachlan Orogen; Leven Star; Mineralisation

Indexed keywords

DEVONIAN; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 33646700237     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120090500499313     Document Type: Article

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