Abundance and speciation of gold in massive sulfides of the Bathurst Mining Camp, New Brunswick, Canada

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 851-871

  McClenaghan, Sean H ^a   Lentz, David R ^a   Cabri, Louis J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b Memorial University of New Foundland ^*  (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bathurst Mining Camp; Electron microprobe data; Gold; Ion microprobe data; Massive sulfides; New Brunswick

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; GOLD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MINING; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TEXTURES;

METAMORPHISM; POLYPHASE DEFORMATION;

MINERALOGY;

GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORE DEPOSIT; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

CANADA; NEW BRUNSWICK; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 3843072288     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.3.851     Document Type: Article

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