Continuous carbonatitic melt-fluid evolution of a REE mineralization system: Evidence from inclusions in the Maoniuping REE Deposit, Western Sichuan, China

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 36, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 90-105

  Xie, Yuling ^a   Hou, Zengqian ^b   Yin, Shuping ^b   Dominy, Simon C ^c,d   Xu, Jiuhua ^a   Tian, Shihong ^e   Xu, Wenyi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^c Snowden Mining Industry Consultants Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^e INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

Author keywords

Carbonatite; Maoniuping REE deposit; Melt fluid inclusions; Multicomponent fluid; REE mineralization process

Indexed keywords

CARBONATITE; MAONIUPING REE DEPOSIT; MELT-FLUID INCLUSIONS; MULTICOMPONENT FLUID; REE MINERALIZATION PROCESS;

BARITE; BARIUM; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; DEPOSITS; GRANITE; INCLUSIONS; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHASE SEPARATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM;

FLUIDS;

CARBONATE SYSTEM; FLUID INCLUSION; HIGH PRESSURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; MELT INCLUSION; MINERALIZATION; ORE-FORMING FLUID; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

EID: 70350558674     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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