Environment of ore deposition in the Creede mining district, San Juan Mountains, Colorado: Part VI. Maximum duration for mineralization of the OH vein

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1313-1324

  Campbell, Wayne R ^a   Barton, Paul B ^a  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITIONAL GRADIENT; ELECTRON MICROPROBE; FRACTURED SURFACE; ORE DEPOSITION;

COMPOSITION; COPPER; CRYSTALS; DIFFUSION IN SOLIDS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FRACTURE; LEAD; ORE DEPOSITS; SILVER; TEMPERATURE; ZINC;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

CRYSTAL; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT; SPHALERITE;

COLORADO; CREEDE; NORTH AMERICA; ROCKY MOUNTAINS; SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33646791528     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.7.1313     Document Type: Article

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