Application of lithogeochemistry to exploration for Ni-Cu sulfide deposits in the Kabanga area, NW Tanzania

Journal of African Earth Sciences

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 62-81

  Macheyeki, Athanas S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Element ratios lithogeochemical vectors; Kabanga; Ni Cu sulfide deposits; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ELEMENT MOBILITY; GEOCHEMISTRY; HOST ROCK; LITHOLOGY; MASSIVE SULFIDE; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TRACE ELEMENT;

TANZANIA;

EID: 79960134135     PISSN: 1464343X     EISSN: 18791956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2011.05.005     Document Type: Article

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