Late paleoproterozoic to early mesoproterozoic tangdan sedimentary rock-hosted strata-bound copper deposit, yunnan province, southwest china

Economic Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 357-375

  Zhao, Xin Fu ^a   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Hitzman, Murray W ^b   Li, Jian Wei ^c   Bennett, Mitchell ^b   Meighan, Corey ^b   Anderson, Eric ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLACK SHALES; CARBON ISOTOPES; COPPER SULFIDES; COPPERBELT; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; DOLOSTONES; EVAPORITES; HOST ROCKS; ISOTOPE VALUES; MINERALIZING FLUIDS; OREBODIES; OXYGEN ISOTOPE VALUES; PALEOPROTEROZOIC; PH CHANGE; POTASSIUM FELDSPAR; SILTSTONES; SOUTHERN SICHUAN PROVINCE; SOUTHWEST CHINA; SULFIDE MINERALIZATION; SULFIDE PRECIPITATION; YUNNAN PROVINCE;

CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; ISOTOPES; MICA; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; REDOX REACTIONS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

GEOCHRONOLOGY;

ALBITE; BIOTITE; BORNITE; BRECCIA; CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER; DIAPIR; DISSOLUTION; DOLOMITE; DOLOSTONE; HOST ROCK; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PARAGENESIS; PROTEROZOIC; QUARTZ VEIN; SILICIFICATION; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT; SULFIDE;

CHINA; CONGO; SICHUAN; YUNNAN;

EID: 84863391851     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.107.2.357     Document Type: Article

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