Epithermal Au-Ag and related deposits of the Hauraki Goldfield, Coromandel Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 785-816

  Christie, Anthony B ^a   Simpson, Mark P ^b   Brathwaite, Robert L ^a   Mauk, Jeffrey L ^b   Simmons, Stuart F ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACANTHITE; CINNABAR; ELECTRUM; EPITHERMAL AU-AG; STIBNITE; VEIN DEPOSITS;

CARBON; INCLUSIONS; ISOTOPES; QUARTZ; SILVER DEPOSITS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULFUR;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ANDESITE; BASE METAL; CARBON ISOTOPE; DACITE; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; GOLD MINE; MIOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PRECIOUS METAL; QUARTZ VEIN; SILVER; SULFUR ISOTOPE; WATER TABLE;

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

EID: 38949164738     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.5.785     Document Type: Article

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