Molybdenite Re-Os and albite 40Ar/39Ar dating of Cu-Au-Mo and magnetite porphyry systems in the Yangtze River valley and metallogenic implications

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 307-324

  Mao, Jingwen ^a,b   Wang, Yitian ^b   Lehmann, Bernd ^c   Yu, Jinjie ^b   Du, Andao ^b   Mei, Yanxiong ^b   Li, Yongfeng ^a   Zang, Wenshuan ^a   Stein, Holly J ^d   Zhou, Taofa ^e  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^e HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ar Ar dating; China; Magnetite porphyry deposits; Middle Lower Yangtze River metallogenic belt; Porphyry skarn stratabound Cu Au Mo deposits; Re Os isotopic dating

Indexed keywords

ISOTOPIC DATING; MAGNETITE PORPHYRY DEPOSITS; METALLOGENIC BELT;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MAGNETITE; STRATIGRAPHY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENITE; PORPHYRY; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HUBEI; WUHAN; YANGTZE RIVER;

EID: 33748178354     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.11.001     Document Type: Article

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