Middle Archaean gold deposits in the North Shaw-Coongan Greenstone Belt, Australia: The relative timing of events responsible for gold mineralisation

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 175-197

  Scherrenberg, A F ^a   Hein, K A A ^a   White, S ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Archaean; Gold; Lodes; North Shaw Coongan Greenstone Belt; Pilbara Craton; Structure

Indexed keywords

DUFFER FORMATION; MINERALIZATION; NORTH SHAW-COONGAN GREENSTONE BELT, AUSTRALIA; QUARTZ-SULPHIDE LODES;

AGING OF MATERIALS; BASALT; CARBONATION; CHRONOMETERS; FRACTURE; MINERAL RESOURCES; QUARTZ; ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; ZONING;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ARCHEAN; EARLY EARTH; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; GREENSTONE BELT; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; PILBARA BLOCK; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 4143079296     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.04.001     Document Type: Article

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