The relationship between the mineral composition of speleothems and mineralization of breccia pipes: Evidence from Corkscrew Cave, Arizona, USA

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1177-1188

  Onac, Bogdan P ^a,b   Hess, John W ^c   White, William B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b BABE BOLYAI UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^c Geological Society of America   (United States)

^d PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Arizona; Breccia pipe; Cave minerals; Corkscrew Cave; Ore deposit; Speleothems

Indexed keywords

BARITE; CALCITE; GYPSUM; ORE DEPOSITS; UNITED STATES; URANIUM;

BRECCIA PIPE; CAVE MINERALS; SPELEOTHEMS;

MINERALOGY;

CAVE DEPOSIT; DEPOSITION; DIATREME; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE MINERAL; PALEOKARST; SPELEOTHEM;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37049004362     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.45.5.1177     Document Type: Article

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