Magmatic and structural controls on porphyry-style Cu-Au-Mo mineralization at Kemess South, Toodoggone District of British Columbia, Canada

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 435-462

  Duuring, Paul ^a,c   Rowins, Stephen M ^a   McKinley, Bradley S M ^a   Dickinson, Jenni M ^a   Diakow, Larry J ^b   Kim, Young Seog ^c   Creaser, Robert A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^c Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Copper; Gold; Kemess South; Porphyry; Stikine; Toodoggone

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; GRANODIORITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; PORPHYRY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC SETTING;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; KEMESS MINE; NORTH AMERICA; STIKINE; TOODOGGONE;

ACER;

EID: 65349172953     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-008-0227-x     Document Type: Article

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