Characteristics of gold mineralisation in the greenstone belts of northern Finland

Special Paper of the Geological Survey of Finland

Volumn 2007, Issue 44, 2007, Pages 57-106

  Eilu, Pasi ^a   Pankka, Heikki ^a   Keinänen, Veikko ^a   Kortelainen, Vesa ^a   Niiranen, Tero ^b   Pulkkinen, Eelis ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Northland Exploration Finland Oy   (Finland)

Author keywords

Gold areas; Greenstone belts; Mineral deposits

Indexed keywords

ALBITIZATION; COPPER; FLUID COMPOSITION; GOLD; GREENSTONE BELT; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; IRON OXIDE; MINERALIZATION; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 37149049356     PISSN: 07828535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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