Ore textures within the U lens of the Navan Zn-Pb deposit, Ireland

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 568-584

  Peace, Wendy M ^a   Wallace, Malcolm W ^a   Holdstock, Mark P ^b   Ashton, John H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b Outukumpu Tara Mines Ltd   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Epigenetic; Irish type; Navan; Zinc

Indexed keywords

LEAD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; STRATIGRAPHY; TEXTURE; ZINC;

IRELAND;

EID: 0141501078     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-002-0340-1     Document Type: Article

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