Re-Os dating of pyrite from the Tuolugou stratabound Co(Au) deposit, eastern Kunlun Orogenic Belt, northwestern China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 213-220

  Feng, Chengyou ^a   Qu, Wenjun ^b   Zhang, Dequan ^a   Dang, Xingyan ^c   Du, Andao ^b   Li, Daxin ^a   She, Hongquan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR GEOANALYSIS   (China)

^c Qinghai Institute of Geological Survey   (China)

Author keywords

China; Eastern Kunlun Orogenic Belt; Re Os isotopic dating; Tuolugou deposit

Indexed keywords

CHINA; EARLY PALEOZOIC; EASTERN KUNLUN OROGENIC BELT; GREENSCHIST; ISOCHRON AGE; ISOTOPE DATA; LAKE DEPOSITS; MEAN SQUARE; NORTHWESTERN CHINA; NW CHINA; ORE MINERALS; ORE-TYPE; OREBODIES; OROGENIC BELTS; QINGHAI PROVINCE; QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU; RE-OS ISOTOPIC DATING; SERICITE; TUOLUGOU DEPOSIT; VOLCANO-SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCES;

COBALT; COPPER DEPOSITS; GOLD DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OSMIUM; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; QUARTZ;

DEPOSITS;

COBALT; DEFORMATION; GOLD; LITHOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; ORE MINERAL; OROGENIC BELT; PYRITE; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; KUNLUN MOUNTAINS; QINGHAI-XIZANG PLATEAU;

TURDUS MERULA;

EID: 70350525526     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.10.005     Document Type: Article

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