Direct dating of hydrothermal W mineralization: U-Pb age for hübnerite (MnWO4), Sweet Home Mine, Colorado

Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta

Volumn 70, Issue 18, 2006, Pages 4725-4733

  Romer, Rolf L ^a   Lüders, Volker ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; PETROLOGY; TUNGSTEN; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

COLORADO; NORTH AMERICA; SWEET HOME MINE; UNITED STATES;

ALMA;

EID: 33749121359     PISSN: 00167037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2006.07.003     Document Type: Article

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