Broad synchroneity of three gold mineralization styles in the Kalgoorlie gold field: SHRIMP, U-Pb, and 40Ar/39Ar geochronological evidence

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 187-227

  Vielreicher, Noreen M ^a,d   Groves, David I ^a   Snee, Lawrence W ^b,e   Fletcher, Ian R ^a,c   McNaughton, Neal J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Global Gems and Geology   (United States)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d Federal Center ^*  (Germany)

^e DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE DEFORMATION; BRITTLE STRUCTURES; CRUSTAL LEVELS; DIKE INTRUSION; GOLD MINERALIZATION; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LAMPROPHYRE; MAGMATISMS; MINERALIZING SYSTEMS; OREBODIES; QUARTZ VEIN; REMOBILIZATION; WHITE MICA; XENOTIME;

DEFORMATION; GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; LEVEES; MICA; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; TECTONICS; URANIUM;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BRITTLE DEFORMATION; DIKE; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LAMPROPHYRE; LODE DEPOSIT; MAGMATISM; MICA; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; P-T CONDITIONS; PORPHYRY; REMOBILIZATION; SYNCHRONY; TERRANE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; XENOTIME; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; KALGOORLIE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77957797206     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.105.1.187     Document Type: Article

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