Draa Sfar, Morocco: A Visean (331 Ma) pyrrhotite-rich, polymetallic volcanogenic massive sulphide deposit in a Hercynian sediment-dominant terrane

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 307-328

  Marcoux, Eric ^a   Belkabir, Abdelhay ^b   Gibson, Harold L ^c   Lentz, David ^d   Ruffet, Gilles ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES ET TECHNIQUES GUÉLIZ   (Morocco)

^c LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

Draa Sfar; Hercynian; Massive sulphide deposit; Morocco; Pyrrhotite

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL SERICITES; MASSIVE SULPHIDE DEPOSIT; PYRRHOTITE;

ISOTOPES; LEAD; MINERALOGY; SEDIMENTS; SHALE; SULFUR DEPOSITS;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

BLACK SHALE; CONTINENTAL CRUST; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; HERCYNIAN OROGENY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAD ISOTOPE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PYRRHOTITE; SOURCE ROCK; VISEAN; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLCANISM;

AFRICA; DRAA VALLEY; JEBILET; MARRAKECH-TENSIFT-AL HAOUZ; MOROCCO; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 43449087920     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2007.03.004     Document Type: Article

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