Short wavelength infrared spectral characteristics of the HW horizon: Implications for exploration in the Myra Falls volcanic-hosted massive sulfide camp, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 273-294

  Jones, Sarah ^a,b   Herrmann, Walter ^a   Gemmell, J Bruce ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION ZONES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION ASSEMBLAGES; ORE BODIES; WHITE MICA DISTAL;

ABSORPTION; CORE DRILLING; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LITHOGRAPHY; MICA; ORES; SULFIDE MINERALS; VECTORS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

NATURAL RESOURCES EXPLORATION;

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

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

MYRA;

EID: 21244475568     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.2.273     Document Type: Article

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