Gold-bismuth-telluride-sulphide assemblages at the Viceroy Mine, Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 953-970

  Oberthür, Thomas ^a   Weiser, T W ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Archaean; Bismuth tellurides sulphides; Brazil; Gold mineralization; Passagem de Mariana Mine; Viceroy and Mazowe Mines; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEAN; BRAZIL; GOLD MINERALIZATION; PASSAGEM DE MARIANA MINE; VICEROY AND MAZOWE MINES; ZIMBABWE;

BISMUTH; BISMUTH MINES; GOLD; LIQUIDS; MELTING POINT; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINES; MINING; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SEMICONDUCTING BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; SULFIDE MINERALS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

BISMUTH; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; GREENSTONE BELT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MINE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; QUARTZ; SULFIDE; TELLURIDE;

AFRICA; BINDURA; HARARE [ZIMBABWE]; MASHONALAND CENTRAL; SHAMVA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

ARCTURUS;

EID: 61849100639     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/minmag.2008.072.4.953     Document Type: Article

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