Microstructural evidence for an epigenetic origin of a Proterozoic zinc-lead-silver deposit, Dugald River, Mount Isa Inlier, Australia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-69

  Xu, G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MINERALIZATION; SILVER; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TEXTURE; ZINC;

AUSTRALIA, QUEENSLAND, MOUNT ISA INLIER, DUGALD RIVER;

EID: 0030790903     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050072     Document Type: Article

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