Geochemical and geochronological constraints on mineralization within the Hilltop, Lewis, and Bullion mining districts, Battle Mountain-Eureka trend, Nevada

Economic Geology

Volumn 103, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1483-1506

  Kelson, Christopher R ^a   Crowe, Douglas E ^b   Stein, Holly J ^c  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT POTSDAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DIFFERENCES; BASE METALS; DEVONIANS; EPITHERMAL; FLUID INCLUSIONS; GANGUE MINERALS; GENETIC LINKS; HOST ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITIES; IGNEOUS ACTIVITIES; IGNEOUS MINERALS; INTRUSIVE ROCKS; MAGMATISM; MINING DISTRICTS; ORDOVICIAN; PLUTON EMPLACEMENTS; QUARTZ VEINS; ROCK TYPES; SHALLOW DEPTHS; SILICICLASTIC ROCKS; STABLE ISOTOPE DATUM; STABLE ISOTOPES; UPPER PLATES; VARIABLE INTERACTIONS; VEIN DEPOSITS;

FLUIDS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INCLUSIONS; ISOTOPES; LANDFORMS; LEAD; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; ORES; OSMIUM; OXIDE MINERALS; PRECIOUS METALS; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SILVER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TECTONICS; ZINC;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

EOCENE; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENITE; QUARTZ; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; STABLE ISOTOPE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; SHOSHONE MOUNTAINS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 61849142660     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.103.7.1483     Document Type: Article

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