Recognizing, in lateritic cover, detritus shed from the Archaean Gossan Hill Cu-Zn-Au volcanic-hosted massive sulphide deposit, Western Australia

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 71-86

  Smith, Raymond E ^a   Singh, Balbir ^b  

^a CSIRO Exploration and Mining ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Exploration under cover; Geochemical exploration; Lateritic terrain; Proximity indicators; VHMS ore deposits

Indexed keywords

COPPER ALLOYS; CORE DRILLING; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PROXIMITY INDICATORS; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TERNARY ALLOYS; TEXTURES; TRACE ELEMENTS; VOLCANOES; ZINC ALLOYS;

BASE METAL SULPHIDES; GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION; LATERITIC SOILS; LATERITIC TERRAIN; SULPHIDE DEPOSITS; SULPHIDE INCLUSIONS; TRACE AMOUNTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ORES;

ARCHEAN; COPPER; GOLD; HOST ROCK; LATERITIZATION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSIT; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT; WEATHERING PROFILE; ZINC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; GOLDEN GROVE; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 33846635979     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/06-120     Document Type: Article

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