Nd-Sr-Pb isotopic constraints on metal and fluid sources in W-Sb-Au mineralization at Woxi and Liaojiaping (Western Hunan, China)

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 313-327

  Peng, Bo ^a,b   Frei, Robert ^b  

^a HUNAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

China; Rb Sr; Scheelite; Sm Nd; U Th Pb; W Sb Au mineralization; Western Hunan; Woxi and Liaojiaping deposits

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PROVENANCE; TUNGSTEN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUNAN;

EID: 2942545814     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-004-0409-0     Document Type: Article

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