Visible gold in arsenian pyrite at the Shuiyindong Carlin-type gold deposit, Guizhou, China: Implications for the environment and processes of ore formation

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 667-679

  Su, Wenchao ^a,b   Xia, Bin ^b   Zhang, Hongtao ^a   Zhang, Xingchun ^a   Hu, Ruizhong ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenian pyrite; Carlin type deposit; Guizhou; Native gold; Ore fluid evolution

Indexed keywords

ARSENIAN PYRITE; NATIVE GOLD; ORE FORMATION; ORE-FLUID EVOLUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

IRON DEPOSITS; LIMESTONE; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; PYRITES; QUARTZ;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITION; DISSOLUTION; GOLD; HOST ROCK; ORE DEPOSIT; PYRITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUIZHOU;

EID: 43449085202     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2007.10.002     Document Type: Article

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