Structural controls on tertiary orogenic gold mineralization during initiation of a mountain belt, New Zealand

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 645-659

  Craw, Dave ^a   Begbie, M ^a   MacKenzie, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fold; Gold; Hydrothermal; Lamprophyre; Mesothermal; Orogenic; Tectonic

Indexed keywords

GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LAMPROPHYRE; MINERALIZATION; MIOCENE; OROGENIC BELT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33749590906     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0088-0     Document Type: Article

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