Minerals of Au, Ag and U in volcanic-rock-associated massive sulfide deposits of the northern apennine ophiolite, Italy

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 935-950

  Garuti, Giorgio ^a   Zaccarini, Federica ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

Author keywords

Freibergite; Gold; Hydroromarchite; Italy; Jurrassic ophiolite; Northern Apennine; Uraninite; VMS type deposit

Indexed keywords

BARITE; GOLD; ORE SAMPLING; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILVER; SILVER COMPOUNDS; URANIUM; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

FREIBERGITE; HYDROROMARCHITE; ITALY; JURASSIC OPHIOLITE; URANINITE;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

GOLD; JURASSIC; MASSIVE SULFIDE; OPHIOLITE; ORE DEPOSIT; SILVER; URANIUM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 24944457686     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.43.3.935     Document Type: Article

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