Constraints on the genesis of gold mineralization at the Homestake Gold Deposit, Black Hills, South Dakota from rhenium-osmium sulfide geochronology

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 461-480

  Morelli, Ryan M ^a   Bell, Chris C ^b   Creaser, Robert A ^c   Simonetti, Antonio ^d  

^a Saskatchewan Ministry of Energy and Resources   (Canada)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenopyrite; Black Hills; Gold; Harney Peak granite; Homestake; Pyrrhotite; Re Os

Indexed keywords

ARSENOPYRITE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; GRANITE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; MONAZITE; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGENESIS; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING;

BLACK HILLS; SOUTH DAKOTA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953321843     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-010-0284-9     Document Type: Article

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