Structure, alteration, and geochemistry of the Charlotte quartz vein stockwork, Mt Charlotte gold mine, Kalgoorlie, Australia: time constraints, down-plunge zonation, and fluid source

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 221-244

  Mueller, Andreas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Gold; Kalgoorlie; Mt Charlotte; Ore zonation; Porphyry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939883093     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: 14321866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-014-0527-2     Document Type: Article

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