Xiongcun, Tibet: A telescoped system of veinlet-disseminated Cu (Au) mineralization and late vein-style Au (Ag)-polymetallic mineralization in a continental collision zone

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 174-193

  Xu, Wenyi ^a   Pan, Fengchu ^b   Qu, Xiaoming ^a   Hou, Zengqian ^a   Yang, Zhusen ^a   Chen, Weishi ^a   Yang, Dan ^a   Cui, Yanhe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^b Tibetan Academy   (China)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar dating; Fluid inclusion; Himalayan Tibetan Orogen; Porphyry epithermal telescoping system; Xiongcun copper gold deposit

Indexed keywords

40AR/39AR DATING; FLUID INCLUSION; HIMALAYAN-TIBETAN OROGEN; PORPHYRY-EPITHERMAL TELESCOPING SYSTEM; XIONGCUN COPPER-GOLD DEPOSIT;

ARGON; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; FELDSPAR; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; INCLUSIONS; IRON ORES; KAOLINITE; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; POTASSIUM; PYRITES; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SILVER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SULFATE MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZINC SULFIDE;

MINERALOGY;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; CONTINENTAL COLLISION; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FLUID INCLUSION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; PORPHYRY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; XIZANG;

EID: 70350557235     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.04.004     Document Type: Article

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