Evaluating isotopic equilibrium among sulfide mineral pairs in Archean ore deposits: Case study from the Kidd Creek VMS deposit, Ontario, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1055-1061

  Jamieson, John W ^a   Wing, Boswell A ^a   Hannington, Mark D ^b   Farquhar, James ^a  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSITS;

GEOTHERMOMETRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC EQUILIBRIUM; MINERAL PARAGENESIS; MINERALIZATION;

SULFIDE MINERALS;

ARCHEAN; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORE DEPOSIT; PARAGENESIS;

CANADA; KIDD CREEK; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 33847325776     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.5.1055     Document Type: Article

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