The KO Zone: A new model for PGE-Cu-Ni mineralization in the marginal zone of the Fox River Sill, northern Manitoba, Canada

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 291-302

  Desharnais, Guy ^a   Peck, David C ^b   Scoates, R F Jon ^c   Halden, Norman M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Anglo American Exploration (Canada) Ltd   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copper; Fluids; Fox River Sill; KO Zone; Manitoba; Model; Nickel; Platinum group elements; Soft deformation

Indexed keywords

GOLD; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; ROCKS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS (PGE);

MINERALOGY;

COPPER; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SILL;

FOX RIVER; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WISCONSIN;

EID: 3142767585     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.291     Document Type: Article

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