Gold exploration using till at Petäjälehto, northern Finland

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 247-255

  Sarala, Pertti ^a   Pulkkinen, Eelis ^a   Ojala, V Juhani ^a   Peltoniemi Taivalkoski, Anne ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Central lapland; Diabase; Exploration; Finland; Gold; Heavy minerals; Hydro thermal alteration; Magnetite; Monzonite; Till geochemistry

Indexed keywords

CORE DRILLING; DIAMOND DRILLING; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; INFILL DRILLING; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY; NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION; PYRITES; QUARTZ;

CENTRAL LAPLAND; DIABASE; FINLAND; HEAVY MINERALS; MONZONITE; THERMAL ALTERATION;

MINERAL EXPLORATION;

DIABASE; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; HEAVY MINERAL; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; LITHOLOGY; MAGNETITE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; MONZONITE; REGOLITH; TILL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAPLAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 70349198949     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/09-187     Document Type: Article

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