Regional-scale hydrothermal alteration in the Central Blake River Group, western Abitibi subprovince, Canada: Implications for VMS prospectivity

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 393-422

  Hannington, Mark D ^a   Santaguida, Frank ^b   Kjarsgaard, Ingrid M ^a   Cathles, Larry M ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Abititbi belt; Ben Nevis; Mineral chemistry; Noranda; VMS alteration

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; GREENSTONE BELT; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

CANADA;

EID: 0042266282     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-002-0298-z     Document Type: Article

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