Textural control on gold distribution in As-free pyrite from the Dongping, Huangtuliang and Hougou gold deposits, North China Craton (Hebei Province, China)

Chemical Geology

Volumn 264, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 101-121

  Cook, Nigel John ^a   Ciobanu, Cristiana Liana ^b,c   Mao, Jingwen ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b SOUTH AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

As free pyrite; China; Dongping; In situ laser ablation inductively coupled mass spectroscopy; Invisible gold; Tellurides

Indexed keywords

GOLD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOBILIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PYRITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; TELLURIDE; TEXTURE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HEBEI;

EID: 67349275572     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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