Physical controls associated with the distribution of sulfides in the Voisey's Bay Ni-Cu-Co deposit, Labrador

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 749-769

  Evans Lamswood, D M ^a   Butt, D P ^a   Jackson, R S ^a   Lee, D V ^a   Muggridge, M G ^a   Wheeler, R I ^a   Wilton, D H C ^b  

^a Voisey's Bay Nickel Company Ltd   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; COPPER; MAGMATISM; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL;

CANADA;

EID: 0033897889     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.4.749     Document Type: Article

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