The structural controls of gold mineralisation within the Bardoc Tectonic Zone, Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia: Implications for gold endowment in shear systems

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 583-600

  Morey, Anthony A ^a   Weinberg, Roberto F ^a   Bierlein, Frank P ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Deformation; Late Archaean; Orogenic gold; Shear zones; Western Australia; Yilgarn Craton

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; DEFORMATION; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; SHEAR ZONE; TECTONIC SETTING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 34547227202     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0125-7     Document Type: Article

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