Dating of the giant huize Zn-Pb ore field of Yunnan Province, Southwest China: Constraints from the Sm-Nd System in hydrothermal calcite

Resource Geology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-97

  L i, Wenbo ^a   Huang, Zhilong ^b   Yin, Mudan ^b  

^a Peking University   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Calcite; Huize Zn Pb ore field; MTV deposit; Sm Nd isotope; Southwest China

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; FLOOD BASALT; GANGUE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; UPLIFT; ZINC;

CHINA; EMEISHAN; HUIZE; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; SICHUAN; UNITED STATES; YUNNAN;

EID: 33847675947     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2006.00007.x     Document Type: Article

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