Further occurrence of brown ores in Kuroko-type deposits in Japan

Resource Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 263-268

  Imai, Akira ^a   Ishizuka, Osamu ^b,c   Yamada, Ryoichi ^d   Miyamoto, Hiroshi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d Dowa Electronics Materials Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e Akita Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Au Ag mineralization; Brown ore; Kuroko type deposits; Massive sulfide

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; SILVER; SUBMARINE;

JAPAN;

EID: 0042905790     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2001.tb00098.x     Document Type: Article

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