Igneous geology of the Carlin trend, Nevada: Development of the Eocene plutonic complex and significance for Carlin-type gold deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 347-383

  Ressel, Michael W ^a,b   Henry, Christopher D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

^b a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEVEES; PETROGRAPHY; STRATIGRAPHY;

EOCENE DIKES; EOCENE PLUTONIC COMPLEX; EOCENE ROCKS; IGNEOUS GEOLOGY;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ANDESITE; DIKE; EMPLACEMENT; GRANITE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; PLUTON;

CARLIN TREND; NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33749381407     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.2.347     Document Type: Article

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