Copper and gold distribution at the Aitik Deposit, Gällivare Area, Northern Sweden

Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 260-267

  Wanhainen, Christina ^a   Kontturi, Monika ^b   Martinsson, Olof ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b Boliden AB ^*  (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aitik Deposit; Copper and gold deposit; Sweden

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; GEOLOGY; PYRITES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SHEAR STRESS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

METAL ZONING; MINERALIZATION;

COPPER GOLD MINES;

COPPER; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZONING;

AITIK MINE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0942299874     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174503225011289     Document Type: Article

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