Origin of high-Ag fahlores from the Galena Mine, Wallace, Idaho, U.S.A

American Mineralogist

Volumn 90, Issue 5-6, 2005, Pages 1000-1007

  Sack, Richard O ^a,b   Fredericks, Rob ^c   Hardy, Lisa S ^a,d   Ebel, Denton S ^e  

^a OFM Research   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Coeur Silver Valley Inc ^*  (United States)

^d American Museum of Natural History ^*  (United States)

^e DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; BINARY ALLOYS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; ZINC SULFIDE;

COOLING RATES; CU EXCHANGES; MINING DISTRICT;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; FAHLORE; ORE DEPOSIT; SILVER;

COEUR D'ALENE; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14844310545     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2005.1651     Document Type: Article

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