Geological setting and characteristics of the Red Chris porphyry copper-gold deposit, northwestern British Columbia

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 297-316

  Baker, T ^a   Ash, C H ^b   Thompson, J F H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Teck Corporation   (Canada)

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