Fluid origin and structural enhancement during mineralization of the Jinshan orogenic gold deposit, South China

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 583-597

  Li, Xiaofeng ^a,b   Wang, Chunzeng ^c   Hua, Renmin ^d   Wei, Xinglin ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^d NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e Jiangxi Bureau of Nonferrous Metal Exploration   (China)

Author keywords

Ductile shear zone; Fluid origin; Gold deposit; Jinshan; Noble gases; Progressive deformation; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BOUDINAGE; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; NOBLE GAS; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; QUARTZ VEIN; SHEAR ZONE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

CHINA; HUBEI; JINSHAN;

EID: 77955085863     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-010-0293-8     Document Type: Article

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