Ore metal redistribution by hydrocarbon-brine and hydrocarbon-halide melt phases, North Range footwall of the Sudbury Igneous Complex, Ontario, Canada

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-256

  Hanley, J J ^a   Mungall, J E ^a   Pettke, T ^b   Spooner, E T C ^a   Bray, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Brines; Gold; Hydrocarbons; Magmatic sulfide; Platinum group elements

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROCARBON; ORE DEPOSIT;

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

EID: 27844583825     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0004-z     Document Type: Article

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