Textural and chemical zonation of pyrite at Pajingo: A potential vector to epithermal gold veins

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 283-293

  Baker, Timothy ^a   Mustard, R ^a   Brown, V ^a,b   Pearson, N ^c   Stanley, C R ^d   Radford, N W ^b   Butler, I ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Newmont Pajingo   (Australia)

^c MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectrometry; Low sulphidation epithermal gold deposit; Mineral chemistry; Pajingo; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

ABLATION; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD DEPOSITS; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SILICA; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ARGILLIC ALTERATION ZONE; CHEMICAL VARIATIONS; EPITHERMAL GOLD DEPOSITS; LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY COUPLED MASS SPECTROMETRIES; LASER ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRIES; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PAJINGO;

PYRITES;

CHEMICAL ALTERATION; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; PYRITE; TEXTURE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

EID: 33750884340     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/05-077     Document Type: Article

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