A carbonaceous sedimentary source-rock model for carlin-type and orogenic gold deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 331-358

  Large, Ross R ^a   Bull, Stuart W ^a   Maslennikov, Valeriy V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; BOTTOM WATER; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIAGENETICS; EARLY DIAGENESIS; EUXINIC CONDITIONS; GENETIC MODELS; GOLD ORES; GREENSCHIST; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; LA-ICP-MS ANALYSIS; MAGMATIC PROCESS; ORE GRADES; ORGANIC MATTER; OROGENIC GOLD DEPOSITS; REFRACTORY GOLD; SILTSTONES; SOURCE ROCKS; SYSTEMATIC EXPLORATION; TWO STAGE;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; ARSENIC; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DEPOSITS; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; IRON ORES; LEAD; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

CARBONACEOUS SHALE;

ARSENIC; BLACK SHALE; CARLIN-TYPE DEPOSIT; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DIAGENESIS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EXPLORATION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATISM; METAMORPHISM; ORE GRADE; ORGANIC MATTER; PYRITE; PYRRHOTITE; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; SEDIMENTATION; SOURCE ROCK; TURBIDITE;

EID: 79956076510     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.106.3.331     Document Type: Article

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