The Favona epithermal gold-silver deposit, Waihi, New Zealand

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 817-839

  Simpson, Mark P ^a   Mauk, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHERMAL VEIN; FAVONA DEPOSIT; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION;

KAOLINITE; PYRITES; QUARTZ; SILVER DEPOSITS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ADULARIA; ALBITE; ANDESITE; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LAVA FLOW; MIOCENE; OVERPRINTING; PYRITE; QUARTZ VEIN; SILVER;

AUSTRALASIA; HAURAKI GOLDFIELD; MARTHA MINE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

AMARANTHUS CAUDATUS;

EID: 38949155522     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.5.817     Document Type: Article

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