Polymetallic mineralization at the browns deposit, Rum Jungle mineral field, Northern Territory, Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 257-277

  McCready, A J ^a   Stumpfl, E F ^a   Lally, J H ^b   Ahmad, M ^b   Gee, R D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^b Northern Territory Geological Survey   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITIC BASEMENT DOMES; MINERALIZATION; SEA WATER; THERMOCHEMICAL REDUCTION;

AGGREGATES; CARBON; DOMES; GEOLOGY; GRANITE; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALS; ROCKS; SULFUR;

MINERALOGY;

COBALT; COPPER; LEAD; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; NORTHERN TERRITORY; RUM JUNGLE MINERAL FIELD;

EID: 3342934657     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.2.257     Document Type: Article

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