Porphyry and skarn Au-Cu deposits in the Shizishan orefield, Tongling, East China: U-Pb dating and in-situ Hf isotope analysis of zircons and petrogenesis of associated granitoids

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 182-193

  Yang, Xiao Nan ^a   Xu, Zhao Wen ^a   Lu, Xian Cai ^a   Jiang, Shao Yong ^a   Ling, Hong Fei ^a   Liu, Liang Gen ^b   Chen, Da Yuan ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Anhui Bureau of Geology and Mineral Exploration and Development   (China)

Author keywords

Early Cretaceous; Sr, Nd, Pb and Hf isotopic geochemistry; Thermobarometry; Tongling; Zircon U Pb dating

Indexed keywords

ANHUI PROVINCE; CRUSTAL MATERIALS; EARLY CRETACEOUS; EAST CHINA; GOLD-COPPER DEPOSITS; GRANITOIDS; GRANODIORITE; HF ISOTOPE; IN-SITU; ISOTOPE DATA; ISOTOPIC DATA; LOWER CRUST; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA EMPLACEMENT; MAGMA MIXING; MAGMATIC EVOLUTION; MEAN AGES; PARTIAL MELTING; PETROGENESIS; QUARTZ MONZODIORITE; THERMOBAROMETRY; TONGLING; U-PB DATING; WEIGHTED AVERAGES; ZIRCON U-PB DATING;

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; GALLIUM; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MINERALOGY; NEODYMIUM; PETROLOGY; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; STRONTIUM;

LEAD DEPOSITS;

COPPER; CRETACEOUS; EMPLACEMENT; GEOBAROMETRY; GOLD; GRANITOID; HAFNIUM; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGNETITE; MINERALIZATION; NEODYMIUM ISOTOPE; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGENESIS; PORPHYRY; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZIRCON;

ANHUI; CHINA; SHIZISHAN; TONGLING;

EID: 82455186328     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2010.09.003     Document Type: Article

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