A mineralogical and geochemical study of alteration associated with the Ventersdorp Contact Reef in the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa.
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1998
Authors
Zhao, Baojin
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Abstract
The Ventersdorp Contact Reef(VCR) is a major gold-bearing reef in the Witwatersrand Basin.
It occurs between the overlying Klipriviersberg Group lavas and the underlying Central Rand
Group sediments, and was strongly altered by hydrothermal fluids circulating in the Witwatersrand
Basin. A detailed study of the mineralogy, geochemistry of rocks and minerals, physicochemical
conditions, stable isotopes and ages of hydrothermal alteration zones associated with the VCR
were carried out at Western Deep Levels South Mine, South Africa. ( Abbreviation abstract)
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Science, University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy,
Keywords
Geochemistry -- South Africa -- Witwatersrand., Geology, Structural -- South Africa -- Witwatersrand., Gold ores -- Geology -- South Africa -- Witwatersrand.