Contrasting petrological and geochemical relationships in the Voisey's Bay and Mushuau intrusions, Labrador, Canada: Implications for ore genesis

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 771-799

  Li, Chusi ^a   Lightfoot, Peter C ^b   Amelin, Yuri ^c   Naldrett, Anthony J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b INCO Technical Services Ltd ^*  (Canada)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; PETROLOGY;

CANADA;

EID: 0033872927     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.4.771     Document Type: Conference Paper

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