Estimation and exploitation in an underground narrow vein gold operation - Nalunaq mine, Greenland

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 29-44

  Dominy, S C ^a,b   Sides, E J ^a   Dahl, O ^c   Platten, I M ^a  

^a Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Nalunaq Gold Mine A/S   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOLOGY; GOLD; MINES; MINING; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ;

2D METALS; BLOCK MODELS; CASE STUDIES; CONTROL CHIPS; GOLD PARTICLES; GREENLAND; MINERALISATION; ORE BODIES; ORE ZONES; QUARTZ VEINS; RESOURCE BASE; SHEAR ZONES; VARIOGRAPHY; WEIGHTED AVERAGES;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

EID: 58049139936     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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