Role of basement in epithermal deposits: The Kushikino and Hishikari gold deposits, southwestern Japan

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 597-609

  Morishita, Yuichi ^a   Nakano, Takanori ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR HUMANITY AND NATURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carbon isotopes; Hishikari deposit; Kushikino deposit; Low sulfidation epithermal gold deposits; Oxygen isotopes; Strontium isotopes; Structural simulation

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPES; HISHIKARI DEPOSIT; KUSHIKINO DEPOSIT; LOW-SULFIDATION EPITHERMAL GOLD DEPOSITS; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; STRUCTURAL SIMULATION;

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; BUILDINGS; CALCITE; CARBON; CARBONATE MINERALS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; FELDSPAR; FLUIDS; FOUNDATIONS; GOLD; ISOTOPES; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; QUARTZ; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILVER; STRONTIUM; STRONTIUM DEPOSITS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

BASEMENT ROCK; BOUGUER ANOMALY; CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMA; ORE DEPOSIT; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; QUARTZ VEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HISHIKARI MINE; JAPAN; KAGOSHIMA [KYUSHU]; KYUSHU;

EID: 56249119850     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.09.009     Document Type: Article

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