Author's reply to "Comments on Classification and Reporting of Mineral Resources for High-Nugget Effect Gold Vein Deposits," by M. Vallée

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 11, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 119-124

  Dominy, Simon C ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 33751221588     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/11.1-4.119     Document Type: Note

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