Evidence for Proterozoic and late Cretaceous-early Tertiary ore-forming events in the Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho and Montana

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 347-359

  Leach, D L ^a   Hofstra, A H ^a   Church, S E ^a   Snee, L W ^a   Vaughn, R B ^a   Zartman, R E ^a  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; GOLD DEPOSIT; METALLOGENESIS; ORE GENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; SILVER/LEAD/ZINC;

USA, IDAHO, COEUR D'ALENE; USA, MONTANA, COEUR D'ALENE;

EID: 0031716480     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.3.347     Document Type: Article

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