A mineral quantification method for wall rocks at open pit mines, and application to the Martha Au-Ag mine, Waihi, New Zealand

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 135-156

  Castendyk, Devin N ^a   Mauk, Jeffrey L ^a   Webster, Jenny G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEUTRON ACTIVATION; QUANTIFICATION;

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; GROUNDWATER; MINERALS; OXIDATION; PETROGRAPHY; WATER QUALITY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

OPEN PIT MINING;

LAKE; MINE DRAINAGE; OPEN PIT MINE; WATER CHEMISTRY;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MARTHA MINE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIKATO; WORLD;

EID: 9644303294     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeochem.2004.07.001     Document Type: Article

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