A new type of Nb (Ta)-Zr(Hf)-REE-Ga polymetallic deposit in the late Permian coal-bearing strata, eastern Yunnan, southwestern China: Possible economic significance and genetic implications

International Journal of Coal Geology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-63

  Dai, Shifeng ^a   Zhou, Yiping ^b   Zhang, Mingquan ^b   Wang, Xibo ^a   Wang, Jumin ^b   Song, Xiaolin ^b   Jiang, Yaofa ^c   Luo, Yangbing ^a   Song, Zhentao ^a   Yang, Zong ^b   Ren, Deyi ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Yunnan Institute of Coal Geology Prospection   (China)

^c Xuzhou Institute of Architectural Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Coal bearing strata; Eastern Yunnan, China; Late Permian age; Nb(Ta) Zr(Hf) REE Ga deposit; Pyroclastic origin

Indexed keywords

BEARING STRATA; LATE PERMIAN; NB(TA)-ZR(HF)-REE-GA DEPOSIT; PYROCLASTIC ORIGIN; YUNNAN , CHINA;

COAL; COAL DEPOSITS; COAL INDUSTRY; DEPOSITS; GALLIUM; GAMMA RAYS; HAFNIUM; KAOLINITE; LITHOLOGY; ORES; OXIDE MINERALS; PILE FOUNDATIONS; QUARTZ; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); TANTALUM; VOLCANOES; WELL LOGGING;

ZIRCONIUM;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COAL SEAM; GEOCHEMISTRY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; NIOBIUM; ORE DEPOSIT; PERMIAN; PYROCLASTIC DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; WELL LOGGING;

CHINA; YUNNAN;

EID: 77953610114     PISSN: 01665162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.coal.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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