Resource evaluation and some genetic aspects of indium in the Japanese ore deposits

Resource Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 347-364

  Ishihara, Shunso ^a   Hoshino, Kenichi ^b   Murakami, Hiroyasu ^c   Endo, Yuji ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ilmenite series; Indium; Japanese island arc; Magnetite series; Subvolcanic; Tin polymetallic

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; ILMENITE; INDIUM; ISLAND; ISLAND ARC; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGNETITE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MIOCENE; ORE DEPOSIT; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

JAPAN;

EID: 33750284892     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2006.tb00288.x     Document Type: Article

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