Effects of mother lode-type gold mineralization on 187Os/188Os and platinum group element concentrations in peridotite: Alleghany District, California

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1079-1089

  Walker, Richard J ^a   Bohlke, John Karl ^b   McDonough, William F ^a   Li, Ji ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; ISOTOPES; PLATINUM;

HYDROTHERMALLY ALTERED ROCKS; PERIDOTITE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCKS;

MINERALOGY;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOLD; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LODE DEPOSIT; MANTLE CHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION; OSMIUM ISOTOPE; PERIDOTITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SERPENTINITE; UPPER MANTLE;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40849085704     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.6.1079     Document Type: Article

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