Copper-gold endoskarns and high-Mg monzodiorite-tonalite intrusions at Mt. Shea, Kalgoorlie, Australia: Implications for the origin of gold-pyrite-tennantite mineralization in the Golden Mile

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 737-769

  Mueller, Andreas G ^a  

^a NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Australia; Copper; Epidote; Gold; Kalgoorlie; Mt. Shea; Skarn

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; COPPER; EPIDOTE; GOLD; GREENSTONE; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MASS BALANCE; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PYRITE; SKARN; STABLE ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; KALGOORLIE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 35148891656     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0132-8     Document Type: Article

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