Two stages of gold mineralization at Hutti mine, India

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 99-114

  Rogers, A J ^a   Kolb, J ^b   Meyer, F M ^a   Vennemann, T ^c  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF DENMARK AND GREENLAND   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Archaean; Dharwar Craton; Fluid rock interaction; Geochemistry; Gold; Greenstone Belt; Hutti Maski; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; ARCHEAN; BIOTITE; CHLORITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEFORMATION; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD MINE; GREENSTONE BELT; HOST ROCK; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; P-T CONDITIONS; QUARTZ VEIN; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SHEAR ZONE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

DHARWAR CRATON; INDIA;

EID: 84872650814     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-012-0416-5     Document Type: Article

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