Mineralogy, geochemistry, and structural controls of a disseminated gold-bearing alteration halo around the schist-hosted Bullendale orogenic gold deposit, New Zealand

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 160-176

  MacKenzie, D J ^a   Craw, D ^a   Begbie, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ankerite; Fault; Fold; Geochemistry; Hydrothermal; Mesothermal; Shear; Sulphide

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ZONE; OROGENIC GOLD-BEARING QUARTZ VEINS; SPATIAL MINERALOGICAL ZONATION;

GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; PETROLOGY; SULFIDE MINERALS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ORE DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 34249746316     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2007.04.001     Document Type: Article

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