Genesis of gold and silver sulfides at the Ulakhan deposit (northeastern Russia)

Russian Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 799-810

  Savva, N E ^a   Pal'yanova, G A ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOLOGY AND SOIL SCIENCE   (Russian Federation)

^b SOBOLEV INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Au(Ag) containing pyrite; oxidation zone; thermodynamic modeling; Uytenbogaardtite

Indexed keywords

EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; MINERAL DEPOSIT; OXIDATION; PARAGENESIS; SILVER; SULFIDE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EURASIA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 35248859179     PISSN: 10687971     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rgg.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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