Geology and mineral assemblage of tertiary skarn Cu-Au±Mo deposits in the southeastern Gangdese arc: Implications for deep exploration

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1407-1421

  Li, Guangming ^a   Qin, Kezhang ^a   Ding, Kuishou ^a   Li, Jinxiang ^a   Wang, Shaohuai ^b,c   Jiang, Sanyuan ^b   Lin, Jindeng ^b   Jiang, Huazai ^b   Fang, Shuyuan ^b   Zhang, Xinchun ^d  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY FOR MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b No 2 Institute of CEEB   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Exploration of deeper porphyry copper deposits; Mineral assemblage; Shallower skarn; Shannan area of the southeastern Gangdese; Skarn Cu Au Mo deposits

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; METALLOGENESIS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; ORE DEPOSIT; SKARN;

EID: 33845923096     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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