Geology, geochemistry and age constraints on the Mengku skarn iron deposit in Xinjiang Altai, NW China

Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 423-440

  Lingang, Xu ^a   Jingwen, Mao ^b   Fuquan, Yang ^b   Hennig, Daniel ^a   Jianmin, Zheng ^c  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Altai; China; Fluid inclusions; Mengku; Skarn iron deposit; Stable isotopes; U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; DEVONIAN; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETITE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; ORE DEPOSIT; SALINITY; SKARN; STABLE ISOTOPE; TEMPERATURE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; WATER-ROCK INTERACTION;

ALTAY [XINJIANG UYGUR]; CHINA; XINJIANG UYGUR;

EID: 77954145606     PISSN: 13679120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2010.04.005     Document Type: Article

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