Variation in copper‐gold styles through time in the Proterozoic Cloncurry goldfield, Mt Isa Inlier: A reconnaissance view

Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 445-462

  Davidson, G J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Albitite; Alteration; Cloncurry; Copper; Geochemistry; Gold; Iron formation; Magmatism; Metallogenesis; Mt Isa Eastern Succession. Proterozoic.

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; PROTEROZOIC;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0031705625     PISSN: 08120099     EISSN: 14400952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08120099808728403     Document Type: Article

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