Rare earth elements, protoliths, and alteration at the Hemlo gold deposit, Ontario, Canada, and comparison with argillic and sericitic alteration in the highland valley porphyry district, British Columbia, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 551-568

  Fleet, Michael E ^a   Seller, Michael H ^a,c   Pan, Yuanming ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0010563097     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.92.5.551     Document Type: Article

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