Sulfide minerals in intrusive and volcanic rocks of the Bingham-Park City belt, Utah

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1213-1230

  Borrok, David ^a,c   Kesler, Stephen E ^a   Vogel, Thomas A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Asarco Inc Ray Operations ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; INCLUSION; MINERALIZATION; SULFIDE; VOLCANIC ROCK;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033505324     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.8.1213     Document Type: Article

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