The sandstone-hosted stratiform copper mineralization at Mwitapile and its relation to the mineralization at Lufukwe, Lufilian foreland, Democratic Republic of Congo

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 561-579

  El Desouky, Hamdy A ^a   Muchez, Philippe ^a   Tyler, Roger ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Anvil Mining Congo Sarl   (Democratic Republic Congo)

Author keywords

Copperbelt; Democratic Republic of Congo; ETM+; Fluid inclusion microthermometry; Lufilian foreland; Sandstone hosted stratiform Cu

Indexed keywords

COPPERBELT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; ETM+; FLUID INCLUSION MICROTHERMOMETRY; LUFILIAN FORELAND;

CALCITE; CALCIUM CHLORIDE; CARBONATE MINERALS; CLAY MINERALS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; FELDSPAR; FLUIDS; HYDROCARBONS; MINERALS; MIXING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; QUARTZ; REMOTE SENSING; ROCKS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SANDSTONE; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SPACE OPTICS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

MINERALOGY;

COPPER; FLUID INCLUSION; FORELAND BASIN; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MINERALIZATION; PETROGRAPHY; REMOTE SENSING; SANDSTONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SOURCE ROCK; STRATIFORM DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 56249102418     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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