Geological characteristics, metallogenic background, and genesis of the Tongyu VHMS copper deposit in the west part of the North Qinling, Shaanxi Province

Science China Earth Sciences

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1460-1485

  Lee, Ben ^a   Zhu, Lai Min ^a   Zhang, Guo Wei ^a   Guo, Bo ^a   Gong, Hu Jun ^a   Yao, An Ping ^a  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

metallogenic background and genesis; VHMS copper deposit; west part of the North Qinling

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; BELONG TO; COMMON MATERIALS; CR CONTENT; DEHYDRATION REACTIONS; GEOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GEOCHEMICAL FEATURES; GEOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS; GEOLOGICAL FEATURES; GRANODIORITE; HF MODEL AGES; HOST ROCKS; IN-SITU; ISLAND ARC; KUROKO DEPOSITS; LA-ICP-MS; MANTLE WEDGE; METAL ELEMENTS; METALLOGENIC BACKGROUND AND GENESIS; MINING DISTRICT; OCEANIC PLATE; ORDOVICIAN; ORE BODIES; ORE-FORMING MATERIALS; OROGENIC BELTS; OROGENIC PROCESS; PARTIAL MELTING; PARTIAL MELTING OF THE MANTLE; SHAANXI PROVINCES; SUBDUCTING SLABS; TECTONIC SETTINGS; TWO STAGE; VHMS COPPER DEPOSIT; VOLCANIC-HOSTED MASSIVE SULFIDES; VOLCANICS; WEIGHTED AVERAGES; WEST PART OF THE NORTH QINLING; ZIRCON U-PB AGE;

CHROMIUM; COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEHYDRATION; EUROPIUM; HAFNIUM; LEACHING; LEAD; ORES; OXYGEN; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES; ZIRCON;

DEPOSITS;

COPPER; GRANODIORITE; HAFNIUM; HOST ROCK; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ISLAND ARC; LUTETIUM; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; MINING; ORDOVICIAN-SILURIAN BOUNDARY; ORE DEPOSIT; PARTIAL MELTING; REWORKING; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONIC SETTING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

CHINA; QINLING MOUNTAINS;

EID: 77957799553     PISSN: 16747313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-010-4054-4     Document Type: Article

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