Groundwater geochemistry and exploration methods: Myra Falls volcanogenic massive-sulphide deposits, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 329-340

  Phipps, Graham C ^a   Boyle, D R ^b   Clark, I D ^b  

^a Groundwater Management Section   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Canada; Element association; Groundwater geochemistry; Groundwater based mineral explorations; Indicator; Pathfinder elements; Zn, Cu, Pb mobility; Zn rich mineral deposit

Indexed keywords

CLAY ALTERATION; COBALT DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; INDICATORS (INSTRUMENTS); MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALOGY; ORES; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROCKS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DEPOSITS; VOLCANOES; ZINC DEPOSITS; ZINC SULFIDE;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; CANADA; ELEMENT ASSOCIATIONS; GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULPHIDES;

GROUNDWATER GEOCHEMISTRY;

GROUNDWATER; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; INDICATOR MINERAL; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; TRACER; ZINC;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER ISLAND; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MYRA;

EID: 10244226705     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/03-053     Document Type: Article

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