The Kwyjibo Cu-REE-U-Au-Mo-F property, Quebec: A mesoproterozoic polymetallic iron oxide deposit in the Northeastern Grenville Province

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1177-1196

  Gauthier, Michel ^a   Chartrand, Francis ^b   Cayer, Alain ^a   David, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b SOQUEM Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMATITE MINERALIZATION; IRON OXIDE-COPPER-GOLD DEPOSITS; PETROGENETIC RELATIONSHIP;

AGGLOMERATION; COPPER; DEFORMATION; GRANITE; IRON; OXIDATION; ROCKS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

HEMATITE; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETITE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; QUEBEC [CANADA]; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12344252857     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.6.1177     Document Type: Article

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