Archean synvolcanic intrusions and volcanogenic massive sulfide at the genex mine, kamiskotia area, timmins, Ontario

Economic Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1203-1218

  Finamore, S M ^a   Gibson, H L ^a   Thurston, P C ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEVEES; MINERALOGY; MINES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULFIDE MINERALS;

A THERMALS; FIELD MAPPINGS; GENETIC RELATIONSHIPS; GREENSTONE BELTS; HEAT FLOWS; HEAT SOURCES; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; MAFIC DIKES; MAFIC INTRUSIONS; SMALL SIZES; SULFIDE MINERALIZATIONS; THERMAL REGIMES; THREE ZONES; U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGIES; VENT AREAS; VOLCANIC FACIES; VOLCANOGENIC MASSIVE SULFIDES;

VOLCANOES;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GREENSTONE; MAPPING; MINERALIZATION; PERMEABILITY; SEAFLOOR; VOLCANOGENIC DEPOSIT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TIMMINS;

CALLUNA VULGARIS;

EID: 60349108031     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.103.6.1203     Document Type: Article

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