Geology, genesis, and metamorphic history of the namew lake ni-cu deposit, manitoba

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1394-1413

  Menard, Thomas ^a,e   Michael Lesher, C ^a   Stowell, Harold H ^a   Price, David P ^b   Pickell, James R ^b   Onstott, Tullis C ^c   Hulbert, L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b Hudson Bay Explor Devmt Co L   (Canada)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; DEFORMATION; KOMATIITE; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL;

CANADA, MANITOBA, NAMEW LAKE;

EID: 0030390721     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.8.1394     Document Type: Article

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