Chronology of gold mineralization in the Sierra Nevada Foothills for 40Ar/39Ar dating of Mariposite

International Geology Review

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 503-518

  Snow, Cameron A ^a,b   Bird, Dennis K ^a   Metcalf, James ^a,c   McWilliams, Michael ^a,d  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APACHE CORPORATION   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CARBONATE GROUP; CHRONOLOGY; FAULT ZONE; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; MUSCOVITE; PLUTONISM; QUARTZ;

CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; SIERRA NEVADA [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47249156216     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.50.6.503     Document Type: Article

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