Hydrothermal alteration associated with Mesozoic granite-hosted gold mineralization at the Sanshandao deposit, Jiaodong Gold Province, China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 403-421

  Li, Xiao Chun ^a   Fan, Hong Rui ^a   Santosh, M ^b   Hu, Fang Fang ^a   Yang, Kui Feng ^a   Lan, Ting Guang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Alteration geochemistry; Fluid source; Jiaodong gold province; Physicochemical condition; Sanshandao deposit

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED PERMEABILITY; FLUID SOURCES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; JIAODONG; MASS-BALANCE CALCULATIONS; MINERAL REPLACEMENT REACTIONS; ND ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CONDITIONS;

DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FELDSPAR; GOLD; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GRANITE; ISOTOPES; LASERS; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; SUBSTITUTION REACTIONS; THERMAL LOGGING;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

FAULT GOUGE; FLUID INCLUSION; FOOTWALL; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; GRANITE; GRANITOID; HEAT FLOW; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MESOZOIC; MINERALIZATION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; ORE DEPOSIT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; QUARTZ VEIN; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

CHINA; JIAODONG; NORTH CHINA BLOCK; SHANDONG;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 84876311882     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.01.020     Document Type: Article

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