Genesis of native copper lodes in the Keweenaw District, Northern Michigan: A hybrid evolved meteoric and metamophogenic model

Economic Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1437-1444

  Brown, Alex C ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BRINES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COPPER MINES; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; STRATIGRAPHY;

COPPER MINERALIZATION; METAMORPHOGENIC MODEL; MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES;

MINERALOGY;

AQUIFER; BRECCIA; BRINE; CONGLOMERATE; COPPER; FLOOD BASALT; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; SALINITY;

KEWEENAW PENINSULA; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; PORTAGE LAKE; UNITED STATES; WHITE PINE;

EID: 34249720079     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.7.1437     Document Type: Article

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