The trace metal chemistry of deep geothermal water, palinpinon geothermal field, Negros Island, Philippines: Implications for precious metal deposition in epithermal gold deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1425-1446

  Rae, Andrew J ^a,c   Cooke, David R ^a   Brown, Kevin L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GEOKEM   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODELING; CONDUCTIVE COOLING; DEEP RESERVOIRS; DRILL CORE; DRILL CUTTINGS; EFFECTIVE MECHANISMS; EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS; EPITHERMAL GOLD DEPOSITS; EPITHERMAL SYSTEMS; FLUID FLUXES; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS; GEOTHERMAL WATER; GOLD AND SILVER; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; METAL DEPOSITION; METAL ENRICHMENT; METAL TRANSPORT; METAL TRANSPORTATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORE DEPOSITION; ORE GRADES; ORE ZONES; PERMEABLE WALL; PHILIPPINES; RESERVOIR WATER; SULFIDATION; TRACE METAL; TRACE METAL ANALYSIS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CORE DRILLING; DRILLS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FLUIDS; GEOTHERMAL FIELDS; GEOTHERMAL WELLS; GOLD; GOLD COATINGS; METAL ANALYSIS; METALS; MOLYBDENUM; ORES; PHASE TRANSITIONS; QUARTZ; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRACE ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENTS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

COOLING; DEEP WATER; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DRILLING; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FLUID FLOW; GEOTHERMAL SYSTEM; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISLAND ARC; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGMATISM; ORE DEPOSIT; PERMEABILITY; PORPHYRY; TRACE METAL; WALL ROCK; WATER CHEMISTRY;

CENTRAL VISAYAS; NEGROS; PHILIPPINES; VISAYAS;

EID: 81855216338     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.106.8.1425     Document Type: Article

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