A carbonate-dominated copper-cobalt breccia-vein system at the Great Australia deposit, Mount Isa Eastern succession

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1406-1421

  Cannell, James ^a,b   Davidson, Garry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b NONE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE ROCK; COBALT; COPPER; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ORE DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALIA; MOUNT ISA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 0032440534     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.8.1406     Document Type: Article

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