The generation of a stratiform skarn and volcanic exhalative Pb-Zn deposit (Sawusi) in the southern Chinese Altay Mountains: The constraints from petrography, mineral assemblage and chemistry

Gondwana Research

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 597-614

  Liu, Xiu jin ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Liu, Li juan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Scale of dimetasomatism; Southern Chinese Altay; Stratiform skarn; Volcanic exhalative Pb Zn mineralization

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; HOST ROCK; LEAD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGRAPHY; RHYOLITE; SKARN; TUFF; URANIUM-LEAD DATING; ZINC;

ALTAI MOUNTAINS;

EID: 84863864727     PISSN: 1342937X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gr.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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