Cu-Ni-PGE mineralization within the Copper Cliff offset dike, Copper Cliff North mine, Sudbury, Ontario: Evidence for multiple stages of emplacement

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 10, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 111-124

  Rickard, J H ^a   Watkinson, D H ^b  

^a Lac des Iles Mines Ltd   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EMPLACEMENT; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; ORE BODY; PETROLOGY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; REMOBILIZATION; SULFIDE;

CANADA; ONTARIO; SUDBURY STRUCTURE;

EID: 0042855013     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/10.1-2.111     Document Type: Article

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