Zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Mesozoic intrusive rocks in the Tongling region: Implications for copper-gold mineralization

Acta Petrologica Sinica

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1782-1800

  Xie, JianCheng ^a,b   Yang, XiaoYong ^b   Du, JianGuo ^c   Sun, WeiDong ^b,d  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^c Anhui Academy of Geological Survey   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Cu Au ore forming; LA ICP MS zircon chronology; Mesozoic intrusive rocks; Tongling region

Indexed keywords

CERIUM; COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; COPPER GOLD MINES; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; IRON DEPOSITS; LASER ABLATION; LEAD; LEAD DEPOSITS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; ORES; OSMIUM; QUARTZ; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; TRACE ELEMENTS; URANIUM; ZIRCON;

INTRUSIVE ROCKS; LA-ICP-MS; LASER-ABLATION-ICP-MS; MOLYBDENITE RE-OS AGES; ORE-FORMING; QUARTZ MONZODIORITE; TONGLING REGION; ZIRCON U-PB GEOCHRONOLOGIES;

ZIRCON DEPOSITS;

COPPER; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; IGNEOUS ROCK; MESOZOIC; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

ANHUI; ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TONGLING;

EID: 84978017195     PISSN: 10000569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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