Iron isotope fractionation during skarn-type metallogeny: A case study of Xinqiao Cu-S-Fe-Au deposit in the Middle-Lower Yangtze valley

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 194-202

  Wang, Yue ^a   Zhu, Xiang kun ^a   Mao, Jing wen ^b   Li, Zhi hong ^a   Cheng, Yan bo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MINERAL RESOURCES   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Fluid evolution; Fluid exsolution; Iron isotopes; Isotope fractionation; Xinqiao deposit

Indexed keywords

BULK SAMPLES; EXSOLUTION; FE ISOTOPES; FLUID EVOLUTION; IRON ISOTOPES; ISOTOPE FRACTIONATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; METAL SOURCES; METALLOGENY; ORE-FORMING; RESIDUAL FLUIDS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL VARIATION;

DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; IRON; IRON COMPOUNDS; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS;

ISOTOPES;

COPPER; EXSOLUTION; GOLD; IRON; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ISOTOPIC FRACTIONATION; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SKARN; SULFUR;

CHINA; YANGTZE VALLEY;

EID: 82455218975     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2010.12.004     Document Type: Article

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