Rare earth element and yttrium analyses of sulfides from the Dachang Sn-polymetallic ore field, Guangxi Province, China: Implication for ore genesis

Geochemical Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 121-134

  Zhao, Kui Dong ^a   Jiang, Shao Yong ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dachang ore field; Magmatic hydrothermal; Ore genesis; REE and Y; Submarine hydrothermal; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; ORE-FORMING FLUID; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; STRATIFORM DEPOSIT; SULFIDE; TIN; YTTRIUM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGXI ZHUANGZU;

EID: 34347207150     PISSN: 00167002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2343/geochemj.41.121     Document Type: Article

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