Vanadium-bearing magnetite from the Matagami and Chibougamau mining districts, Abitibi, Québec, Canada

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 299-311

  Taner, Mehmet F ^a   Ercit, T Scott ^a   Gault, Robert A ^a  

^a CANADIAN MUSEUM OF NATURE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETITE; ORE DEPOSIT; VANADIUM;

ABITIBI BELT; CANADA; CANADIAN SHIELD; NORTH AMERICA; SUPERIOR PROVINCE;

EID: 0003177892     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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