Yulong deposit, eastern Tibet: A high-sulfidation Cu-Au porphyry copper deposit in the eastern Indo-Asian collision zone

International Geology Review

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 235-258

  Hou, Zengqian ^a   Xie, Yuling ^b   Xu, Wenyi ^c   Li, Yinqing ^c   Zhu, Xlangkun ^a   Khin, Zaw ^d   Beaudoin, G ^e   Rui, Zongyao ^c   Huang, Wei ^f   Luobo, Ciren ^f  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f Xizang Bureau of Geol/Mineral Rsrc   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; COLLISION ZONE; COPPER; EMPLACEMENT; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PORPHYRY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SULFIDE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG; YULONG BELT;

EID: 34047218246     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2747/0020-6814.49.3.235     Document Type: Article

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