Deciphering a multistage history affecting U-Cu(-Fe) mineralization in the Singhbhum Shear Zone, eastern India, using pyrite textures and compositions in the Turamdih U-Cu(-Fe) deposit

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 61-80

  Pal, Dipak C ^a,c   Barton, Mark D ^a   Sarangi, A K ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b Uranium Corporation of India Limited   (India)

^c JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Evolution; India; IOCG; Pyrite; Singhbhum; Texture; Trace element composition

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COPPER; DUCTILE DEFORMATION; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; PYRITE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; TEXTURE; TRACE ELEMENT; URANIUM; ZONING;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JHARKHAND; SINGHBHUM BELT; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 57849164526     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0165-z     Document Type: Article

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