Fahlore as a petrogenetic indicator: Keno Hill Ag-Pb-Zn District, Yukon, Canada

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1023-1038

  Sack, R O ^a   Lynch, J V G ^b   Foit Jr , F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canada; Fahlore; Keno Hill; Petrogenetic indicator; Yukon

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; ISOTHERMS; MINERALS; MINES;

FAHLORES;

MINERALOGY;

CRETACEOUS; FAHLORE; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IMMISCIBILITY; ORE MINERAL; PETROGENESIS;

CANADA;

EID: 0346118782     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036750141     Document Type: Article

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