A porphyritic copper (gold) ore-forming model for the Shaxi-Changpushan district, Lower Yangtze metallogenic belt, China: Geological and geochemical constraints

International Geology Review

Volumn 53, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 580-611

  Yang, Xiaoyong ^a,b   Yang, Xueming ^a,d   Zhang, Zhengwei ^b   Chi, Yueyu ^c   Yu, Liangfan ^c   Zhang, Qianming ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources of Anhui Province   (China)

^d VALE S A   (Brazil)

Author keywords

adakite; Cu Au genetic model; Geochemical survey; porphyry copper (gold) deposit; Shaxi Changpushan porphyry Cu Au mineralization district

Indexed keywords

ADAKITE; COPPER; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORE BODY; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PORPHYRY; SOURCE ROCK;

ANHUI; CHINA;

EID: 79952032152     PISSN: 00206814     EISSN: 19382839     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00206810903211906     Document Type: Article

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