Zinc isotopes in sphalerite from base metal deposits in the Red Dog district, northern Alaska

Economic Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 767-773

  Kelley, K D ^a   Wilkinson, J J ^b,c   Chapman, J B ^c,d   Crowther, H L ^c,d   Weiss, D J ^c,d  

^a DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE METALS; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; DISSOLUTION-REPRECIPITATION; FE/MN RATIO; FLOW PATH; FLUID CONDUITS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; ISOTOPE COMPOSITIONS; ISOTOPIC VARIATIONS; NORTHERN ALASKA; ORE FLUIDS; OREBODIES; RAYLEIGH FRACTIONATION; SOUTH-TO-NORTH; SULFIDE DEPOSIT; SULFIDE PRECIPITATION; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; ZINC ISOTOPES; ZINC SOURCES;

DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; FLUIDS; ISOTOPES; METAL RECOVERY; ROCKS; SHALE; SULFUR; WALL FLOW; ZINC; ZINC DEPOSITS;

ZINC SULFIDE;

BRECCIA; COPPER; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PARAGENESIS; RAYLEIGH NUMBER; SPHALERITE; TRACER; ZINC;

ALASKA; RED DOG MINE; UNITED STATES;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 77949736900     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.104.6.767     Document Type: Article

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