Potash-rich magmatism and associated gold-copper mineralization in the Yishu deep fault zone and its vicinity, eastern China

Resource Geology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 269-280

  Qiu, Jiansheng ^c   Lo, Ching Hua ^a,c   McInnes, Brent I A ^b,c   Zhou, Jincheng ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Eastern china; Gold copper mineralization; Mesozoic; Potash rich magmatism; Yishu deep fault zone

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; FAULT ZONE; GOLD; MAGMATISM; MESOZOIC; MINERALIZATION; PARTIAL MELTING; POTASSIUM; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CHINA;

EID: 0012124447     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2000.tb00075.x     Document Type: Article

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