Mineral-chemical studies of metamorphosed hydrothermal alteration in the Kristineberg volcanogenic massive sulfide district, Sweden

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 423-442

  Hannington, Mark D ^a   Kjarsgaard, Ingrid M ^b   Galley, Alan G ^a   Taylor, Bruce ^a  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b Mineralogical Consultant   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kristineberg; Mineral chemistry; Mineralogy; Skellefte Sweden; VMS alteration

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 0041346030     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-002-0299-y     Document Type: Article

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