Evaporitic-source model for igneous-related Fe oxide-(REE-Cu-Au-U) mineralization

Geology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 259-262

  Barton, Mark D ^a   Johnson, David A ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARID REGIONS; CLAY ALTERATION; DEPOSITS; GOLD DEPOSITS; MINERALS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON OXIDES; MINERALOGY; URANIUM;

ELEMENT ABUNDANCES; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; MARGIN SETTING; OXIDE MELTS; SECOND ORDERS; SOURCE MODELING; EVAPORITES; PROTEROZOIC; EVAPORITIC LIGAND SOURCES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERNATION; LITHOPHILES; MINERALIZATION; SIDEROPHILES;

IRON OXIDES; GEOCHEMISTRY;

COPPER; EVAPORITE; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; IGNEOUS ROCK; IRON OXIDE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; URANIUM; BRINE; MODEL; TECTONIC SETTING; ARID ENVIRONMENT; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATISM;

EID: 0029659214     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0091-7613(1996)024<0259:ESMFIR>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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