Pyrite and pyrrhotite textures and composition in sediments, laminated quartz veins, and reefs at Bendigo gold mine, Australia: Insights for ore genesis

Economic Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-31

  Thomas, Helen V ^a   Large, Ross R ^a   Bull, Stuart W ^a   Maslennikov, Valeriy ^b   Berry, Ron F ^a   Fraser, Rod ^c   Froud, Shane ^c   Moye, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^c Bendigo Mining Limited   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BLACK SHALES; COMPOSITIONAL ZONING; DIAGENETICS; FAULT ARRAYS; GEOLOGICAL ELEMENTS; HOST ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; MEAN VALUES; METAMORPHIC FLUIDS; ORE GENESIS; ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC-RICH SHALES; POTENTIAL SOURCES; QUARTZ VEIN; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; TRACE ELEMENT COMPOSITION;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; BARIUM; BISMUTH; CARBONACEOUS SHALE; FLOW OF FLUIDS; FLUIDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRON ORES; LAMINATING; LEAD; MANGANESE; QUARTZ; REEFS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURES; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GOLD;

BLACK SHALE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DEFORMATION; DIAGENESIS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD MINE; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; METAMORPHIC ROCK; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PYRITE; PYRRHOTITE; QUARTZ VEIN; REEF; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE ELEMENT; TURBIDITE;

AUSTRALIA; BENDIGO; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

EID: 79953315975     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.106.1.1     Document Type: Article

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