Native antimony in the Baogutu gold deposit (west Junggar, NW China): Its occurrence and origin

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 37, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 214-223

  An, Fang ^a   Zhu, Yongfeng ^a  

^a Peking University   (China)

Author keywords

Baogutu; China; Hydrothermal gold deposit; Native antimony; West Junggar; Xinjiang

Indexed keywords

BAOGUTU; CALCITE VEINS; COARSE-GRAINED; EMPIRICAL FORMULAS; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; HIGH PH; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; NATIVE ANTIMONY; NW CHINA; ORE-FORMING; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; WEST JUNGGAR; XINJIANG;

ANTIMONY; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITS; GOLD; IRON ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ANTIMONY; CARBONIFEROUS; DECOMPOSITION; FRACTIONATION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PH; QUARTZ VEIN; SULFIDE GROUP; TEMPERATURE;

CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77953232961     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2010.03.005     Document Type: Article

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