Chemical fingerprinting of hydrothermal zircons: An example from the Gidginbung high sulphidation Au-Ag-(Cu) deposit, New South Wales, Australia

Proceedings of the Geologists' Association

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 37-46

  Lawrie, K C ^a   Mernagh, Terrence P ^b   Ryan, Christopher G ^c   van Achterbergh, Esme ^d   Black, Lance P ^b  

^a Cooperative Research Centre for Landscape Evolution and Mineral Exploration ^*  (Australia)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Rio Tinto Limited Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

High sulphidation; Hydrothermal; Mineralization; PIXE nuclear microprobe analysis; SHRIMP U Pb isotopic dating; Zircon; Zr

Indexed keywords

FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; ION MICROPROBE; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; PARAGENESIS; SHRIMP DATING; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT; NEW SOUTH WALES;

EID: 33847391972     PISSN: 00167878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0016-7878(07)80045-9     Document Type: Article

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