Oxidized and reduced mineral assemblages in greenstone belt rocks of the St. Ives gold camp, Western Australia: Vectors to high-grade ore bodies in Archaean gold deposits?

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 363-371

  Neumayr, Peter ^a   Walshe, John ^b   Hagemann, Steffen ^a   Petersen, Klaus ^a   Roache, Anthony ^d   Frikken, Peter ^b   Horn, Leo ^b   Halley, Scott ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Mineral Mapping Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d St Ives Gold Mining Company Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Orogenic gold; Redox minerals; St. Ives gold camp

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GOLD; GREENSTONE BELT; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; REDOX CONDITIONS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NEW SOUTH WALES; SAINT IVES; SYDNEY [NEW SOUTH WALES];

EID: 41249091006     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0170-2     Document Type: Article

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