Uranium in iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) systems

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1657-1661

  Hitzman, Murray W ^a   Valenta, Rick K ^b  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b Fronteer Development Group Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; IRON OXIDE-COPPER-GOLD (IOCG) DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LEACHING; MINERALOGY; WALL ROCK;

URANIUM DEPOSITS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COPPER; EXPLORATION; GOLD; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IRON OXIDE; MAGMA; MINERALIZATION; URANIUM;

EID: 33745904430     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1657     Document Type: Article

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