Archaean lode gold mineralisation in banded iron formation at the Kalahari Goldridge deposit, Kraaipan Greenstone Belt, South Africa

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 483-503

  Hammond, Napoleon Q ^a,b   Moore, John M ^a  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Archaean; Banded iron formation; Gold; Kraaipan greenstone belt; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DEFORMATION; GOLD MINE; GREENSTONE BELT; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LODE DEPOSIT; METAPELITE; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 33746701287     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0074-6     Document Type: Article

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