A new geochronological framework for mineralization and alteration in the selwyn-mount dore corridor, eastern fold belt, mount isa inlier, australia: Genetic implications for iron oxide copper-gold deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 169-192

  Duncan, Robert J ^a   Stein, Holly J ^b   Evans, Katy A ^c   Hitzman, Murray W ^a   Nelson, Eric P ^a   Kirwin, Doug J ^d  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d IVANHOE MINES LTD   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CALCITE VEINS; CRYSTALLIZATION AGE; FOLD BELTS; GEOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS; HOT SPOT; IGNEOUS ACTIVITY; IRON OXIDE COPPER GOLDS; MAGMATIC FLUIDS; MAGMATISMS; METAL ENRICHMENT; METAL SOURCES; METAMORPHIC FLUIDS; METAMORPHIC TECTONICS; PROTEROZOIC; RELATIVE TIMING; TECTONO-THERMAL EVENT; U-PB SHRIMP; WILLIAMS; ZIRCON AGE;

CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER DEPOSITS; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; GRANITE; IRON DEPOSITS; IRON OXIDES; LEAD; LEAD DEPOSITS; METALS; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; OSMIUM; RHENIUM; SILICATE MINERALS; ZIRCON; ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

MOUNTINGS;

AGE; COPPER; FOLD BELT; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOT SPOT; IRON OXIDE; METAMORPHISM; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENITE; NEW MINERAL; OROGENY; PROTEROZOIC; TITANITE; ZIRCON;

AUSTRALIA; MOUNT ELLIOT; MOUNT ISA INLIER; QUEENSLAND;

SCIURIDAE;

EID: 79955134665     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.106.2.169     Document Type: Article

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