Prominent Hill: A hematite-dominated, iron oxide copper-gold system

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1499-1510

  Belperio, Antonio ^a   Flint, Richard ^a   Freeman, Hamish ^a  

^a Minotaur Resources Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER DEPOSITS; GOLD DEPOSITS; HEMATITE; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

BRECCIA; IRON OXIDE COPPER-GOLD MINERALIZATION; MINERALIZATION;

IRON OXIDES;

BRECCIA; COPPER; GOLD; HEMATITE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IRON OXIDE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

EID: 42649138869     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.8.1499     Document Type: Article

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