Undiscovered orogenic gold endowment in Northern Victoria, Australia

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-269

  Lisitsin, V A ^a   Moore, D H ^a   Olshina, A ^a   Willman, C E ^a  

^a GeoScience Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Endowment; Orogenic gold; Palaeozoic; Quantitative mineral resource assessment

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; ENDOWMENT; GOLD MINERALISATION; MELBOURNE; OROGENIC GOLD; OROGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS; PALAEOZOIC; QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; QUANTITATIVE MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; QUARTZ VEIN; VICTORIA , AUSTRALIA;

DEPOSITS; GOLD; PROBABILITY; QUARTZ; QUARTZ DEPOSITS; SILICATE MINERALS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

GOLD; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PALEOZOIC; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUARTZ VEIN; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

AUSTRALIA; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 77954083693     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2010.03.007     Document Type: Article

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