Age and origin of orogenic gold mineralization in the otago schist belt, south island, New Zealand: Constraints from lead isotope and40Ar/ 39Ar dating studies

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 777-793

  Mortensen, James K ^a   Craw, David ^b   Mackenzie, Douglas J ^b   Gabites, Janet E ^a   Ullrich, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE SPECTRUM; AR METHOD; CRUSTAL SOURCES; GOLD MINERALIZATION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MESOZOIC; MINERALIZED ZONE; NEW ZEALAND; ORE-FORMING; OROGENIC GOLD; OROGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS; PB ISOTOPES; QUARTZ VEIN; RIDGE SUBDUCTION; SEQUENTIAL EXTRACTION; SHEAR ZONE; SLOW COOLING; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND; SPREADING RIDGE; THERMAL EVENTS;

ARGON; DEPOSITS; EXTRACTION; GOLD; ISOTOPES; LEAD; LEAD DEPOSITS; LITHOLOGY; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MICA; MINERALOGY; ORE TREATMENT; QUARTZ; TUNGSTATE MINERALS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

ARGON ISOTOPE; GOLD; LEAD ISOTOPE; MESOZOIC; MINERALIZATION; MUSCOVITE; OROGENY; QUARTZ; REGIONAL METAMORPHISM; SCHIST; SHEAR ZONE; SUBDUCTION;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 77958602003     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.105.4.777     Document Type: Article

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