Two Cu-Co sulfide phases and contrasting fluid systems in the Katanga Copperbelt, Democratic Republic of Congo

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 315-332

  El Desouky, Hamdy A ^a   Muchez, Philippe ^a   Cailteux, Jacques ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EGMF   (Congo)

Author keywords

Central African Copperbelt; Fluid inclusion microthermometry; Post entrapment reequilibration; Sediment hosted Cu Co deposits

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL AFRICAN COPPERBELT; CO PHASE; COARSE-GRAINED; COPPERBELT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; DIAGENETICS; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID INCLUSION MICROTHERMOMETRY; FLUID SYSTEMS; GANGUE MINERALS; GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; MODERATE TEMPERATURE; PETROGRAPHIC EXAMINATIONS; POST-ENTRAPMENT REEQUILIBRATION; RE-EQUILIBRATION; SECOND GENERATION; SECOND PHASE; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; COBALT DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LIQUIDS; MINERALOGY; MINING; OXIDE MINERALS; QUARTZ; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SUPERCONDUCTING WIRE; VAPORS;

INCLUSIONS;

COPPER; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ORE DEPOSIT; PARAGENESIS; PETROGRAPHY; STRATIFORM DEPOSIT;

AFRICA; CENTRAL AFRICA; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; KATANGA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70350003601     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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