Mineralogy and geochemistry of gold-bearing arsenian pyrite from the Shuiyindong Carlin-type gold deposit, Guizhou, China: Implications for gold depositional processes

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 653-662

  Su, Wenchao ^a   Zhang, Hongtao ^b   Hu, Ruizhong ^a   Ge, Xi ^a   Xia, Bin ^c   Chen, Yanyan ^d   Zhu, Chen ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b NANJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenian pyrite; Carlin type; China; Gold; Guizhou; Shuiyindong

Indexed keywords

DISSOLUTION; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; HOST ROCK; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT; PYRITE; QUARTZ; SOLUBILITY;

CHINA; GUIZHOU;

EID: 84864546823     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-011-0328-9     Document Type: Article

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