Geochemistry of Lower Paleozoic host rocks for sediment-hosted gold deposits, western United States

Lower Paleozoic, passive margin strata host more gold deposits than other Paleozoic strata. Geochemical analysis of unaltered, unmineralized lower Paleozoic sedimentary rocks from Nevada, Arizona, and Australia suggests that the abundance of gold mineralization in lower Paleozoic strata is related t...

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Main Author: Young-Mitchell, Michaela Nicole
Other Authors: Titley, Spencer R.
Language:en_US
Published: The University of Arizona. 1999
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/284127