Gold paragenesis and chemistry at Batu Hijau, Indoneisa: Implications for gold-rich porphyry copper deposits

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 5-6, 2004, Pages 523-535

  Arif, J ^a,b   Baker, Timothy ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Mine Geology Department   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Batu Hijau, Indonesia; Copper; Gold; Porphyry

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; PARAGENESIS; PORPHYRY; QUARTZ VEIN;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; WORLD;

EID: 8144229852     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-004-0433-0     Document Type: Article

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