Subepithermal Au-Pd mineralization associated with an alkalic porphyry Cu-Au deposit, Mount Milligan, Quesnel Terrane, British Columbia, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 781-808

  Lefort, Darren ^a   Hanley, Jacob ^a,c   Guillong, Marcel ^b  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONIDES; BRITISH COLUMBIA , CANADA; METAL PRECIPITATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; PORPHYRY DEPOSITS;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BISMUTH; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; GOLD DEPOSITS; MERCURY (METAL); MINERALOGY; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; ZINC SULFIDE;

GOLD;

ALKALI METAL; HEAVY METAL; HYDROTHERMAL VENT; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); RECRYSTALLIZATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; VOLCANIC ROCK; VOLUME;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; QUESNEL;

EID: 79961115729     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.106.5.781     Document Type: Article

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