Mineral chemistry and shrimp U-Pb Geochronology of mesoproterozoic polycrase-titanite veins in the sullivan Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit, British Columbia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 361-378

  Slack, John F ^a   Aleinikoff, John N ^b   Belkin, Harvey E ^a   Fanning, C Mark ^c   Ransom, Paul W ^d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Electron microprobe compositions; Genesis; Mesoproterozoic age; Polycrase; Sullivan deposit; Titanite; U Pb geochronology; Veins

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GARNETS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICATES; SILVER; SILVER DEPOSITS;

ALLANITE; ANHEDRAL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; ELECTRON-MICROPROBE ANALYSIS; ELECTRON-MICROPROBE COMPOSITIONS; EUHEDRAL CRYSTALS; GENESIS; MESOPROTEROZOIC AGE; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; POLYCRASE; SULLIVAN DEPOSIT; TITANITE; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGY; VEINS;

ZINC;

ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; SHRIMP DATING; TITANITE; TOURMALINITE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

BELT BASIN; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; PURCELL MOUNTAINS; ROCKY MOUNTAINS;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 48349114536     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.46.2.361     Document Type: Article

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