A Ni-Cu-Co-PGE massive sulfide prospect in a gabbronorite dike at Lac Volant, eastern Grenville Province, Québec

Memoir of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 197, Issue , 2004, Pages 145-161

  Nabil, Hassan ^a   Clark, Thomas ^b   Barnes, Sarah Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b MINISTÈRE DES RESSOURCES NATURELLES ET DE LA FAUNE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dike; Gabbronorite; Grenville; Magmatic; Ni Cu PGE; Sulfides

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; FELDSPAR; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LEAD ALLOYS; LEVEES; LIQUIDS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PYRITES; RARE EARTHS; SILICATES; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; URANIUM ALLOYS; ZIRCON;

GABBRONORITES; GRENVILLE; MAGMATIC; NI-CU-PGE; SULFIDES;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

COBALT; COPPER; GABBRO; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; SULFIDE;

CANADA; GRENVILLE PROVINCE; QUEBEC [CANADA];

EID: 84870825872     PISSN: 00721069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/0-8137-1197-5.145     Document Type: Article

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