Alteration paragenesis and mineral chemistry of the Tjårrojåkka apatite-iron and Cu (-Au) occurrences, Kiruna area, northern Sweden

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 409-434

  Edfelt, Åsa ^a   Armstrong, Robin N ^b   Smith, Martin ^c   Martinsson, Olof ^a  

^a LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal alteration; IOCG; Mineral chemistry; Proterozoic; Sweden

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; IRON; MINERAL ALTERATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PARAGENESIS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; KIRUNA; NORRBOTTEN; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 29244437840     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0005-y     Document Type: Article

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