The origin of bulk and water-soluble Cl and Br enrichments in ore-hosting Sudbury Breccia in the Fraser copper zone, strathcona embayment, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1777-1798

  Hanley, Jacob J ^a   Mungall, James E ^a   Bray, Colin J ^a   Gorton, Michael P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alteration; Bromine; Cations; Chlorine; Fluid inclusions; Groundwater; Halogens; Hydrothermal; Sudbury Breccia; Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; CRYSTALS; GROUNDWATER; LEACHING; POWDERS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); ROCKS; SOLUBILITY;

BULK ROCKS; MINERALIZATION; POWDERED SAMPLES; SULFIDE ORES;

COPPER DEPOSITS;

BRECCIA; BROMIDE; CHLORIDE; COPPER; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ORE DEPOSIT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX; SUDBURY STRUCTURE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 15044365665     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.6.1777     Document Type: Article

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