Geology, Ar-Ar age and mineral assemblage of eocene skarn Cu-Au±Mo deposits in the southeastern Gangdese arc, southern Tibet: Implications for deep exploration

Resource Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 315-336

  Li, Guangming ^a   Qin, Kezhang ^a   Ding, Kuishou ^a   Liu, Tiebing ^a   Li, Jinxiang ^a   Wang, Shaohuai ^b   Jiang, Shanyuan ^b   Zhang, Xingchun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b No 2 Institute of China Exploration and Engineering Bureau (CEEB)   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Ar Ar age; Fluid inclusion; Mineral assemblage; SE Gangdese; Shannan; Skarn Cu Au Mo deposits; Tibet

Indexed keywords

ANDRADITE; ARGON-ARGON DATING; CHALCOPYRITE; CRETACEOUS; EOCENE; EXPLORATION; GEOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; ORE MINERAL; PORPHYRY; SKARN;

XIZANG;

EID: 33750313396     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2006.tb00286.x     Document Type: Article

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