Crust and mantle contributions to gold-forming process at the Daping deposit, Ailaoshan gold belt, Yunnan, China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 235-249

  Sun, Xiaoming ^a   Zhang, Yan ^a   Xiong, Dexing ^a,c   Sun, Weidong ^b,d   Shi, Guiyong ^a   Zhai, Wei ^a   Wang, Shengwei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c ZHAOQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Ailaoshan; China; Daping; Graphite; Noble gases; Orogenic gold deposit; Platinum group elements (PGE); Stable isotopes; Yunnan

Indexed keywords

AILAOSHAN; CHINA; DAPING; NOBLE GASES; OROGENIC GOLD DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS (PGE); STABLE ISOTOPES; YUNNAN;

DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; GOLD; GRAPHITE; HELIUM; INERT GASES; ISOTOPES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; NEODYMIUM; NEON; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; PLATINUM; QUARTZ; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TUNGSTATE MINERALS; XENON;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ARGON ISOTOPE; FLUID COMPOSITION; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; GRAPHITE; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LOWER CRUST; METEORIC WATER; NEON; ORE-FORMING FLUID; P-T CONDITIONS; PARAGENESIS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; QUARTZ VEIN; STABLE ISOTOPE; UPPER MANTLE; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION; XENON;

AILAO MOUNTAINS; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 70350619493     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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