Mayum: an orogenic gold deposit in Tibet, China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 160-173

  Jiang, Sihong ^a   Nie, Fengjun ^a   Hu, Peng ^a   Lai, Xinrong ^a   Liu, Yifei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar age dating; Fluid inclusions; Mayum gold deposit; Orogenic deposit; Sulfur and lead isotopes; Tibet

Indexed keywords

40AR/39AR AGE DATING; FLUID INCLUSIONS; MAYUM GOLD DEPOSIT; OROGENIC DEPOSIT; TIBET;

DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; GOLD; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MINERALOGY; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFUR; WALL ROCK;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CAMBRIAN; FLUID INCLUSION; FRACTURE ZONE; GOLD; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ VEIN; SCHIST; SOURCE ROCK;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 70350702760     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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