Distinguishing magmatic zircon from hydrothermal zircon: A case study from the Gidginbung high-sulphidation Au-Ag-(Cu) deposit, SE Australia

Chemical Geology

Volumn 259, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 131-142

  Fu, Bin ^a   Mernagh, Terrence P ^b   Kita, Noriko T ^a   Kemp, Anthony I S ^c   Valley, John W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Au mineralization; Australia; Gidginbung; Oxygen isotopes; SIMS; Titanium thermometer; Trace element chemistry; Zircon

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ION MICROPROBE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MANTLE SOURCE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SULFIDE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TITANIUM; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; LACHLAN FOLD BELT;

TEMORA;

EID: 59249094633     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2008.10.035     Document Type: Article

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