Discovery of the West 45 volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposit using oxygen isotopes and REE geochemistry

Economic Geology

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1227-1237

  Miller, Craig ^a   Halley, Scott ^b   Green, Geoff ^c   Jones, Mel ^d  

^a Thalanga Copper Mines Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b Goldfields Exploration   (Australia)

^c Mineral Resources Tasmania   (Australia)

^d De Re Metallica Pty Ltd   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTIONATION FACTOR;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; ROCKS; SULFUR DEPOSITS;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

CAMBRIAN; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORDOVICIAN; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; VOLCANIC ROCK;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035435283     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.96.5.1227     Document Type: Article

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