Rhenium-osmium systematics of the Mount Isa copper orebody and the Eastern Creek Volcanics, Queensland, Australia: Implications for ore genesis

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 553-573

  Gregory, Melissa J ^a,b   Schaefer, Bruce F ^a   Keays, Reid R ^a   Wilde, Andy R ^a,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c Gold Fields International Services   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Australia; Cu; Eastern Creek Volcanics; Mount Isa; Re Os isotopes

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; BRECCIA; COPPER; DEFORMATION MECHANISM; EMPLACEMENT; FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; OROGENY; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MOUNT ISA; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 47349103488     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-008-0182-6     Document Type: Article

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