Paragenetic relationships and their implications for ore genesis at the Cannington Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, Mount Isa inlier, Queensland, Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1463-1488

  Bodon, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; PARAGENESIS;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032430029     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.8.1463     Document Type: Article

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