Local to regional scale structural controls on mineralisation and the importance of a major lineament in the eastern Mount Isa Inlier, Australia: Review and analysis with autocorrelation and weights of evidence

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 298-316

  Austin, J R ^a   Blenkinsop, T G ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autocorrelation; Cu Au deposits; Mount Isa Eastern Succession; Pb Zn Ag deposits; Structural controls; Weights of evidence

Indexed keywords

CU-AU DEPOSITS; MOUNT ISA EASTERN SUCCESSION; PB-ZN-AG DEPOSITS; STRUCTURAL CONTROLS; WEIGHTS-OF-EVIDENCE;

CONTROL THEORY; COPPER DEPOSITS; CORRELATION DETECTORS; FLOW OF FLUIDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LEAD DEPOSITS; MINERAL RESOURCES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; MOUNTINGS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILVER; SILVER DEPOSITS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; ZINC;

STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

AUTOCORRELATION; COPPER; CRUSTAL STRUCTURE; GOLD; LEAD; LINEAMENT; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; SILVER; ZINC;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLONCURRY; MOUNT ISA INLIER; QUEENSLAND;

EID: 67349225436     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.03.004     Document Type: Article

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