Postorogenic origin of the stratiform Cu mineralization at Lufukwe, Lufilian Foreland, democratic Republic of Congo

Economic Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 555-582

  El Desouky, Hamdy A ^a   Muchez, Philippe ^a   Dkwaele, Stijn ^b   Boutwood, Amanda ^c   Tyler, Roger ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROYAL MUSEUM FOR CENTRAL AFRICA   (Belgium)

^c Anvil Mining Congo SARL   (Congo)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; COBALT; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINERALOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILVER; TRANSITION METALS;

AUTHIGENIC; COPPER BELT; COPPER CONTENTS; COPPER MINERALIZATION; COPPER SULFIDES; COVELLITE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; FELDSPAR DISSOLUTION; FLUID INCLUSIONS; GRAIN SIZES; HOST ROCKS; METALLOGENESIS; MICROTHERMOMETRY; NEOPROTEROZOIC; OXIDATION PRODUCTS; POINT COUNTING; ROCK UNITS; SECONDARY POROSITY; SILVER MINERALIZATION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTING;

SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

COPPER; FORELAND BASIN; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; SEDIMENTARY ROCK; STRATIFORM DEPOSIT; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC SETTING;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; COPPERBELT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZAMBIA;

EID: 53749085594     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.103.3.555     Document Type: Article

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