Geology, petrography, and mineral chemistry of the Vazante non-sulfide and Ambrósia and Fagundes sulfide-rich carbonate-hosted Zn-(Pb) deposits, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-234

  Monteiro, Lena Virgínia Soares ^a   Bettencourt, Jorge Silva ^b   Juliani, Caetano ^b   de Oliveira, Tolentino Flávio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c 254 Departamento Geologia Centro   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carbonate hosted Zn Pb deposit; Non sulfide zinc deposit; Vazante deposit; Willemite

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE-HOSTED ZINC-LEAD DEPOSIT; NON-SULFIDE ZINC DEPOSIT; WILLEMITE;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONICS;

LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; LEAD; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGRAPHY; ZINC;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA;

AMBROSIA;

EID: 30544447841     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.03.005     Document Type: Article

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