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Original Paper

Thierry Bineli Betsi, David R. Lentz

The nature of “quartz eyes” hosted by dykes associated with Au-Bi-As-Cu, Mo-Cu, and Base-metal-Au-Ag mineral occurrences in the Mountain Freegold region (Dawson Range), Yukon, Canada

Journal of Geosciences, volume 55 (2010), issue 4, 347 - 368

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.082


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