Origin and evolution of the Um Egat and Dungash Orogenic Gold Deposits, Egyptian Eastern Desert: Evidence from fluid inclusions in quartz

Economic Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 405-424

  Zoheir, B A ^a   El Shazly, A K ^b   Helba, H ^c   Khalil, K I ^c   Bodnar, R J ^d  

^a BENHA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Alexandria University Faculty Of Science   (Egypt)

^d VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; GOLD; IRON ORES; LANDFORMS; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NONMETALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; QUARTZ; QUARTZ DEPOSITS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

ARSENOPYRITE (FEASS); EGYPTIAN; EVOLUTION (CO); FLUID INCLUSIONS; GREENSCHIST; MESOTHERMAL; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; ORE MINERALOGY; OROGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS; QUARTZ VEINS; RE CRYSTALLIZATION; SHEAR ZONES; STRUCTURAL CONTROLS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE MINERAL; QUARTZ;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 47849083479     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.103.2.405     Document Type: Article

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