Mineralogic and stable isotope studies of hydrothermal alteration at the Jinchuan Ni-Cu deposit, China

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1349-1361

  Ripley, Edward M ^a   Sarkar, Arindam ^a   Li, Chusi ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLE; CHALCOPYRITE; CHLORITE; CLINOZOISITE; EPIDOTE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAGMATIC NICKEL-COPPER SULFIDE; PENTLANDITE;

CALCITE; COPPER; FELDSPAR; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; GRANULAR MATERIALS; HYDROGEN; ISOTOPES; MAGNETITE; NICKEL; ROCKS; SERPENTINE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALOGY; NICKEL; PENTLANDITE; PYRRHOTITE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GANSU; JINCHUAN;

EID: 33646842050     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.7.1349     Document Type: Article

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