Sm-Nd and REE characteristics of tourmaline and scheelite from the Björkdal gold deposit, Northern Sweden: Evidence of an intrusion-related gold deposit?

Economic Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1415-1425

  Roberts, Stephen ^a   Palmer, Martin R ^a   Waller, Lesley ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLIZATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEFORMATION; FRACTURE; GOLD DEPOSITS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; TUNGSTATE MINERALS;

COARSE SCHEELITE CRYSTALS; SCHEELITE; TOURMALINE; VOLCANOSEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE;

MINERALOGY;

GOLD MINE; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; QUARTZ; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SAMARIUM-NEODYMIUM DATING; SCHEELITE; TOURMALINE;

BJORKDAL MINE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SKELLEFTE; SWEDEN;

EID: 34249736984     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.7.1415     Document Type: Article

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