A unified model for gold mineralisation in accretionary orogens and implications for regional-scale exploration targeting methods

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 339-358

  Hronsky, Jon M A ^a,b   Groves, David I ^b,c   Loucks, Robert R ^b   Begg, Graham C ^d,e  

^a BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Orebusters Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d Minerals Targeting International   (Australia)

^e MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; GOLD; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; MODELING; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PORPHYRY; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84859215715     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-012-0402-y     Document Type: Article

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