Stream sediment geochemical survey in an area of volcanic-hosted epithermal Au-Ag-Zn-Pb-Cu deposits and porphyry Cu prospects, Thames, Coromandel Peninsula, New Zealand

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-296

  Sheppard, D S ^a   Christie, A B ^b   Goff, J ^c   Carver, R ^d  

^a Geochemical Solutions   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d GCXplore Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coromandel Peninsula; Epithermal gold deposits; Geochemical survey; New Zealand; Stream sediments; Thames; Volcanic rocks

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATCHMENTS; COPPER DEPOSITS; DATA STREAMS; DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD DEPOSITS; LEAD ALLOYS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY DEPOSITS; MOLYBDENUM ALLOYS; SEDIMENTS; SILVER ALLOYS; TERNARY ALLOYS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; X RAYS; ZINC; ZINC ALLOYS;

COROMANDEL PENINSULA; EPITHERMAL GOLD DEPOSITS; NEW ZEALAND; STREAM SEDIMENTS; THAMES;

GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS;

EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GEOCHEMICAL SURVEY; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALIZATION; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; PORPHYRY; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; VOLCANIC ROCK; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; COROMANDEL PENINSULA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO;

EID: 70349469444     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/09-211     Document Type: Article

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