The role of decarbonization and structure in the Callie gold deposit, Tanami Region of northern Australia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 65-87

  Williams, Nicholas C ^a,b  

^a GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Gold deposits; Graphite; Quartz veins; Tanami Region

Indexed keywords

FACIES; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; OXIDATION; QUARTZ VEIN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; TANAMI DESERT;

EID: 33846034439     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0096-0     Document Type: Article

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