Native gold and native copper grains enclosed by olivine phenocrysts in a picrite lava of the Emeishan large province, SW China

American Mineralogist

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1178-1183

  Zhang, Zhaochong ^a,b   Mao, Jingwen ^c   Wang, Fusheng ^b   Pirajno, Franco ^d  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Emeishan large igneous province; Mantle plume; Moissanite; Native copper; Native gold; Olivine phenocryst; Picrite

Indexed keywords

COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; OLIVINE; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON COMPOUNDS; THERMAL PLUMES;

EMEISHAN LARGE IGNEOUS PROVINCES; MANTLE PLUME; MOISSANITE; OLIVINE PHENOCRYST; PICRITE;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

COPPER; GOLD; GRAIN SIZE; MANTLE PLUME; MANTLE SOURCE; PARAGENESIS; PHENOCRYST; PICRITE; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

ASIA; CHINA; EMEISHAN; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LIJIANG; SICHUAN; YUNNAN;

EID: 33746946444     PISSN: 0003004X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2138/am.2006.1888     Document Type: Article

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