Petrography, chemistry, and near-infrared microthermometry of indium-bearing sphalerite from the Toyoha polymetallic deposit, Japan

Economic Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 723-735

  Shimizu, Toru ^a   Morishita, Yuichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTIC; COUPLED SUBSTITUTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLUID INCLUSION; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURE; IN-BAND; MICROTHERMOMETRY; NEAR INFRA RED; NEW SOURCES; POLYMETALLIC; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; REMOBILIZATION; THIN SECTION; TRACE AMOUNTS; X-RAY MAPPING;

CORROSION; DEPOSITS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; INDIUM; INFRARED DEVICES; LEAD; MINERALOGY; ORES; PETROGRAPHY; SILVER; TIN; ZINC;

ZINC SULFIDE;

COPPER; CORROSION; ELECTRON PROBE ANALYSIS; FLUID INCLUSION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; INDIUM; NEAR INFRARED; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGRAPHY; REMOBILIZATION; SPHALERITE; VEIN (GEOLOGY); ZINC;

HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; MUINE-TOYOHA GEOTHERMAL FIELD;

EID: 84863332079     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.107.4.723     Document Type: Article

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