In situ trace element and sulfur isotope analysis of pyrite in a paleoproterozoic gold placer deposit, pardo and clement townships, Ontario, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 667-686

  Ulrich, T ^a,c   Long, D G F ^a   Kamber, B S ^a   Whitehouse, M J ^b  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BRAIDED RIVER; CATCHMENT AREA; FLUVIAL TRANSPORT; GRAVEL BED; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYPERCONCENTRATED FLOW; IN-SITU; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; LOW OXYGEN; ONTARIO , CANADA; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; POTENTIAL SOURCES; PYRITE GRAINS; RE-PRECIPITATION; REGIONAL GEOLOGY; S-SYSTEMS; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

ABLATION; ANTIMONY; BISMUTH; CATCHMENTS; DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MERCURY (METAL); MINERALOGY; PLACERS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

GOLD;

BOULDER; BRAIDED RIVER; CONGLOMERATE; DETRITAL DEPOSIT; DISSOLUTION; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD; GRAVEL BED STREAM; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OVERPRINTING; PLACER DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; PYRITE; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SULFUR ISOTOPE;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 79958119796     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.106.4.667     Document Type: Article

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