Direct dating of Fe oxide-(Cu-Au) mineralization by U/Pb zircon geochronology

Geology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 223-226

  Valley, Peter M ^a   Hanchar, John M ^a   Whitehouse, Martin J ^b  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIRONDACK MOUNTAINS; AGE DETERMINATION; FE OXIDE; GRANITOIDS; ORE MINERALIZATION; PLUTON EMPLACEMENT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; ZIRCON CRYSTALS;

COPPER OXIDES; CRYSTALS; DEPOSITS; EXTRACTION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; LANDFORMS; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON;

ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

COPPER; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GEODYNAMICS; GOLD; GRANITOID; IRON OXIDE; MAGNETITE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

EID: 69649092491     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G25439A.1     Document Type: Article

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