Younger ca 1500 Ma granites of the Williams and Naraku Batholiths, Cloncurry district, eastern Mt Isa Inlier: Geochemistry, origin, metallogenic significance and exploration indicators

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 397-411

  Wyborn, L ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Breccias; Copper; Gold; L type granite; Mineralisation.

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; GRANITE;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031695141     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728400     Document Type: Article

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