Sedimentologic, petrographic, and sulfur isotope constraints on fine-grained pyrite formation at Mount Isa Mine and environs, northwest Queensland, Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 883-912

  Painter, Matthew G M ^b   Golding, Suzanne D ^c   Hannan, Keith W ^a   Neudert, Martin K ^c  

^a Mt Isa Mines Exploration Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; PETROGRAPHY; PYRITE; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0033369486     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.6.883     Document Type: Article

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