Archean high-Mg monzodiorite-syenite, epidote skarn, and biotite-sericite gold lodes in the Granny Smith-Wallaby district, Australia: U-Pb and Re-Os chronometry of two intrusion-related hydrothermal systems

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 337-362

  Mueller, Andreas G ^a   Hall, Gregory C ^b   Nemchin, Alexander A ^c   Stein, Holly J ^d   Creaser, Robert A ^e   Mason, Douglas R ^f  

^a Australian Mineral Fields ^*  (Australia)

^b Australian Mineral Fields   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Department of Ecosystem Science and Sustainability   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^f Mason Geoscience   (Australia)

Author keywords

Archean; Gold; Monzodiorite; Skarn; Syenite

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LODE DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; SKARN; SYENITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; WALLABY DEPOSIT; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 41249093810     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0164-0     Document Type: Article

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