Zircons, dikes, and gold mineralization at Jundee-Nimary: Post ca. 2.66 Ga Archean lode gold in the Yandal Belt, Western Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1389-1405

  Baggott, M S ^a   Vielreicher, N M ^a   Groves, David I ^a   McNaughton, Neal J ^a   Gebre Mariam, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Newmont Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGICAL CONSTRAINT; GOLD MINERALIZATION; XENOCRYSTAL;

CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTALS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; MORPHOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; STRESSES;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

DIKE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD MINE; GRANODIORITE; MINERALIZATION; PORPHYRY; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 33646784701     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.7.1389     Document Type: Article

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