Chlorine and alkali geochemical halos in the footwall breccia and sublayer norite at the margin of the Strathcona Embayment, Sudbury structure, Ontario

Economic Geology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1509-1519

  McCormick, K A ^a,b   Lesher, C M ^b   McDonald, A M ^b   Fedorowich, J S ^b,c   James, R S ^b  

^a South Dakota Geological Survey   (Canada)

^b LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Falconbridge Limited   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION;

CHLORINE; MAGNETIC FLUIDS; MINERALOGY; ORES; SODIUM;

GEOCHEMISTRY;

BRECCIA; CHLORINE; COPPER; FOOTWALL; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0036872639     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.97.7.1509     Document Type: Article

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