Three mechanisms of ore re-mobilisation during amphibolite facies metamorphism at the Montauban Zn-Pb-Au-Ag deposit

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 627-637

  Tomkins, Andrew G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grenville province; Hydrothermal re mobilisation; Mechanical re mobilisation; Ore metamorphism; Sulphide melt

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METAMORPHISM; MOBILIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PARTITIONING; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34547198356     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0131-9     Document Type: Article

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