Pyrite composition and ore genesis in the Prince Lyell copper deposit, Mt Lyell mineral field, western Tasmania, Australia

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 3-6 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 231-250

  Raymond, Oliver L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMBRIAN; COPPER; MINERALIZATION; PYRITE; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULPHIDE;

AUSTRALIA, TASMANIA, QUEENSTOWN;

EID: 0030455980     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-1368(95)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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