Paleozoic Epithermal Au and Porphyry Cu Deposits in North Xinjiang, China: Epochs, Features, Tectonic Linkage and Exploration Significance

Resource Geology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 291-300

  Qin, Kezhang ^a   Sun, Shu ^a   Li, Jiliang ^a   Fang, Tonghui ^b   Wang, Shulai ^b   Liu, Wei ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Accretionary arc; Epithermal Au; Epochs; North Xinjiang; NW China; Paleozoic; Porphyry Cu

Indexed keywords

ACCRETIONARY PRISM; CARBONIFEROUS; COPPER; DEVONIAN; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY;

CHINA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 0041883463     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2002.tb00140.x     Document Type: Article

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