Mafic magmas as sources for gold in Middle Miocene epithermal deposits of the northern Great Basin, United States: Evidence from Pb isotope compositions of native gold

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1191-1195

  Kamenov, George D ^a   Saunders, James A ^b   Hames, Willis E ^b   Unger, Derick L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; LEACHING;

EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL LEACHING; MAFIC MAGMAS; VOLCANIC ASSEMBLAGE;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAFIC ROCK; MIOCENE; SOURCE ROCK;

BASIN AND RANGE PROVINCE; GREAT BASIN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41449114423     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.7.1191     Document Type: Article

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