The Tianger (Bingdaban) shear zone hosted gold deposit, west Tianshan, NW China: Petrographic and geochemical characteristics

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 337-365

  Zhu, Yongfeng ^a,b   Zhou, Jing ^a,b   Zeng, Yishan ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Gold; Isotope; Shear zone; Tianger; Tianshan

Indexed keywords

OREBODY; SHEAR ZONE;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPES; PETROGRAPHY; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; MINERAL DEPOSIT; ORE BODY; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PETROGRAPHY; SHEAR ZONE;

ASIA; EURASIA; TIEN SHAN;

MICAS;

EID: 34548077609     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.10.006     Document Type: Article

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