Geological setting of the Meadowbank gold deposits, Woodburn Lake Group, Nunavut

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 13, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 67-107

  Sherlock, Ross ^a,b   Pehrsson, Sally ^c   Logan, Amelia V ^d   Hrabi, R Blair ^e   Davis, William J ^c  

^a Canada Nunavut Geoscience Office   (Canada)

^b Miramar Mining Corp   (Canada)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; GOLD; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION;

CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; CHURCHILL PROVINCE; NORTH AMERICA;

SPINIFEX;

EID: 33751241994     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/13.1-4.67     Document Type: Article

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