Ar-Ar dating of Baimazhai nickel-copper-(PGE) sulphide deposit and its significance, southeast Yunnan Province, China

Journal of China University of Mining and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 200-205

  Zhang, Xue Shu ^a,b   Qin, De Xian ^a   Pirajno, Franco ^c   Nian, Hong ^b  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Yunnan Nonferrous Metals Geological Bureau   (China)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ar Ar dating; Baimazhai; Mafic ultramafic intrusions; Ni Cu (PGE) mineralization; Sulphide remobilization

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARGON; COPPER DEPOSITS; NICKEL DEPOSITS; ORE DEPOSITS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

AR AR DATING; BAIMAZHAI NI-CU-(PGE) SULPHIDE DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL MINERALS; HYDROTHERMAL REDISTRIBUTION; MAFIC ULTRAMAFIC INTRUSIONS; PERVASIVE HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS (PGE); POST MAGMATIC MODIFICATION; SOUTHEAST YUNNAN PROVINCE; SULPHIDE ORES; TEXTURAL CHANGES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

EID: 33747065859     PISSN: 10061266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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