The Granites gold deposits, Northern Territory, Australia: Evidence for an early syn-tectonic ore genesis

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 42, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 89-105

  Adams, Garry J ^a,b   Both, R A ^a   James, P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b a wholly owned subsidiary of Newmont Mining Corporation   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusions; Proterozoic gold; Shear veins; Structural control; Sulfur isotopes; Tanami region

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; DEFORMATION; GOLD; METASEDIMENTARY ROCK; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; SYNTECTONIC SEDIMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; TANAMI DESERT;

EID: 33846078755     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0110-6     Document Type: Article

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