Mineralogical and geochemical constraints on the genesis of the granite-hosted Huangao uranium deposit, SE China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 105-127

  Min, M Z ^a   Luo, X Z ^a   Du, G S ^b   He, B A ^b   Campbell, A R ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Uranium Geol and Exploration Bureau   (China)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Granite; Metallogeny; Mineralogy; Uranium deposit

Indexed keywords

GRANITE; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; URANIUM;

CHINA;

EID: 0033026662     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(98)00020-1     Document Type: Article

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