Paleoproterozoic gold deposits hosted by Albite- and carbonate-altered tonalite in the Chirano District, Ghana, West Africa

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 479-497

  Allibone, Andrew ^a   Hayden, Peter ^b   Cameron, Greg ^b   Duku, Francis ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Red Back Mining NL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SHEAR ZONES;

BRITTLENESS; CARBONATES; GRAPHITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

GOLD; LODE DEPOSIT; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 4043098188     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.3.479     Document Type: Article

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