High sulfidation deposits in the volcanogenic massive sulfide environment

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 204-212

  Sillitoe, Richard H ^a   Hannington, Mark D ^b   Thompson, John F H ^c  

^a Geological Survey of Canada ^*  (United Kingdom)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPLORATION; HIGH SULPHIDATION END MEMBER; MASSIVE SULPHIDE; MINERALOGIC CLASSIFICATION;

EID: 0030466908     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.1.204     Document Type: Article

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