Characteristics and mineralization age of the fukusen no. 1 vein, hishikari epithermal gold deposits, southern Kyushu, Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 348-358

  Tohma, Yuki ^a   Imai, Akira ^a   Sanematsu, Kenzo ^b   Yonezu, Kotaro ^a   Takahashi, Ryohei ^a   Koyama, Masaaki ^c   Sekine, Ryota ^c   Duncan, Robert ^d   Watanabe, Koichiro ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c SUMITOMO METAL MINING CO LTD   (Japan)

^d OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adularia; Colloform texture; Electrum; Epithermal gold deposit; Hishikari

Indexed keywords

ADULARIA; AGE DETERMINATION; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CLAY MINERAL; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MARCASITE; MINERALIZATION; SILICA; TEXTURE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

JAPAN; KYUSHU;

EID: 78649578365     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: 17513928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2010.00140.x     Document Type: Article

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