Petrology, mineral chemistry, and exploration significance of Fe-sulfides from the metal dispersion halo surrounding the Cadjebut Zn-Pb MVT deposit, Western Australia

Applied Geochemistry

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 37-54

  Tompkins, Linda A ^a   Groves, David I ^b   Windrim, Donal P ^c   Jablonski, Wieslaw ^d   Griffin, William L ^e  

^a Astro Mining   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c BHP Minerals Intl Exploration Inc   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON SULPHIDE; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TYPE DEPOSIT; ZINC/LEAD;

AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, CADJEBUT;

EID: 0030617978     PISSN: 08832927     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0883-2927(96)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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