Indium enrichment in the Meng'entaolegai Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, Inner Mongolia, China

Resource Geology

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 337-346

  Zhang, Qian ^a   Zhu, Xiaoqing ^a   He, Yuliang ^b   Jiang, Junjie ^b   Wang, Dapeng ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; Geological characteristics; In rich deposit; Inner Mongolia; Meng' entaolegai; Trace element

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; INDIUM; ORE BODY; ORE-FORMING FLUID; QUARTZ; SPHALERITE; TRACE ELEMENT;

NEI MONGGOL;

EID: 33750376945     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2006.tb00287.x     Document Type: Article

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