U-Pb dating of a diabase dike resolves the problem of mutually crosscutting relationships within the Fraser-Strathcona Deep Copper vein system, Sudbury basin

Economic Geology

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1595-1603

  Fedorowich, John S ^a   Parrish, Randy R ^b   Sager Kinsman, A ^c,d,e  

^a FNX Mining Co Inc Podolsky Mine   (Canada)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^c GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Central English Scientific and Technical Translation   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER MINES; DEFORMATION; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; MAPPING; MINERALOGY; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; URANIUM ALLOYS;

DIABASE DIKE; GEOLOGIC MAPPING; MINERALIZATION;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER; DIABASE; DIKE; GEOLOGICAL MAPPING; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; SUDBURY BASIN; SUDBURY IGNEOUS COMPLEX; SUDBURY STRUCTURE;

EID: 34249886814     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.101.8.1595     Document Type: Article

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