Economic Geology models 2. Melt inclusions of native silver and native bismuth: A re-examination of possible mechanisms for metal enrichment in five-element deposits

Geoscience Canada

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 137-146

  Marshall, Dan ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BEARING SYSTEMS; CURRENT ESTIMATES; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUID INCLUSION ASSEMBLAGES; HIGHEST TEMPERATURE; HYPER-SALINE FLUIDS; LOW MELTING TEMPERATURES; MELT INCLUSIONS; MELT TEXTURES; METAL ENRICHMENT; METALLIC SILVER; ORE DEPOSITION; PHASE FLUID; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; POTENTIAL MECHANISM; QUARTZ CRYSTAL; SILVER DEPOSITION; SILVER MINERALIZATION; SULFIDE DEPOSIT; VEIN FORMATION;

BISMUTH; COBALT; COBALT DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; INCLUSIONS; MERCURY (METAL); MINERALOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SILICATES; SILVER DEPOSITS; SMELTING; TEXTURES;

SILVER;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FLUID INCLUSION; GRANOPHYRE; HEAVY METAL; HYPERSALINE ENVIRONMENT; INORGANIC SALT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MELT INCLUSION; MINERALIZATION; MOBILIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGRAPHY; QUARTZ; SULFIDE; TEXTURE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CANADA; COBALT; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 77951287887     PISSN: 03150941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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