Iron oxide copper-gold-type polymetallic mineralization in the Contact Lake Belt, Great Bear magmatic zone, Northwest Territories, Canada

Exploration and Mining Geology

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 187-208

  Mumin, A H ^a   Corriveau, L ^b   Somarin, A K ^a   Ootes, L ^c  

^a BRANDON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Northwest Territories Geoscience Office ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Contact Lake echo bay mining district; Great Bear magmatic zone; IOCG; Polymetallic mineralization; Polyphase hydrothermal alteration

Indexed keywords

ANDESITE; BRECCIA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COPPER; DIATREME; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; IRON OXIDE; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION; STRATOVOLCANO; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CANADA; CONTACT LAKE BELT; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 48649086196     PISSN: 09641823     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsemg.16.3-4.187     Document Type: Conference Paper

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