Geochemistry of magnetite from hydrothermal ore deposits and host rocks of the mesoproterozoic Belt Supergroup, United States

Economic Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1275-1292

  Nadoll, Patrick ^a,c   Mauk, Jeffrey L ^a,b   Hayes, Timothy S ^b   Koenig, Alan E ^b   Box, Stephen E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCITE VEINS; COMPOSITIONAL DIFFERENCE; COMPOSITIONAL VARIATION; CR CONCENTRATION; FORMATION TEMPERATURE; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; GEOLOGIC SETTINGS; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GREENSCHIST; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HOST ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL MAGNETITES; HYDROTHERMAL ORE DEPOSIT; LA-ICP-MS; LA-ICP-MS ANALYSIS; LASER-ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; MONTANA; OXYGEN ISOTOPES; PROTEROZOIC; RE-EQUILIBRATION; SUBSOLIDUS; TRACE ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT;

CHROMIUM; COPPER SILVER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; ELECTRON PROBE MICROANALYSIS; FACTOR ANALYSIS; GALLIUM; HYDROCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS ROCKS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRON ORES; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MASS SPECTROMETERS; METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ORE DEPOSITS; OXYGEN; ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC;

MAGNETITE;

GREENSCHIST FACIES; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MAGNETITE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC; TERRANE; GEOTHERMOMETRY; GREENSCHIST; METAMORPHIC ROCK; OXYGEN ISOTOPE;

IDAHO; MONTANA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867133718     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.107.6.1275     Document Type: Article

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