Paragenesis and chemistry of multistage tourmaline formation in the sullivan Pb-Zn-Ag deposit, British Columbia

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-67

  Jiang, Shao Yong ^a,d   Palmer, Martin R ^a   Slack, John F ^b   Shaw, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^c HYCAL Energy Research Laboratory   (Canada)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MASSIVE SULPHIDE; TOURMALINE;

CANADA, BRITISH COLUMBIA, SULLIVAN DEPOSIT;

EID: 0031873967     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.1.47     Document Type: Article

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