U-Pb zircon geochronology of the selbaie Cu-Zn-Ag-Au mine, abitibi subprovince, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 563-575

  Barrie, C Tucker ^a   Krogh, T E ^b  

^a Royal Ontario Museum ^*  (Canada)

^b DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGIC MODELS; MINERALOGY; MINES; ORES; QUARTZ; STRATIGRAPHY; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

GALENAS; MINERALIZATION; SELBAIE MINE; STRATIFORM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ARCHAEAN; COPPER; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; SILVER; URANIUM/LEAD DATING; ZINC; ZIRCON;

CANADA, SUPERIOR PROVINCE, ABITIBI SUBPROVINCE;

EID: 0030135177     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.3.563     Document Type: Article

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