A fossil hydrothermal system or a source-bed in the Madiyi Formation near the Xiangxi Au-Sb-W deposit, NW Hunan, PR China?

Chemical Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 151-169

  Yang, S X ^a   Blum, N ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal system; Madiyi Formation; Source bed; Transport and precipitation of metals

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; METALLOGENESIS; TUNGSTEN;

CHINA;

EID: 0033102619     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00146-6     Document Type: Article

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