Magnetite as an indicator mineral in till: a test using the Mount Polley porphyry Cu-Au deposit, British Columbia

Magnetite as an indicator mineral in till: a test using the Mount Polley porphyry Cu-Au deposit, British Columbia

In the Canadian Cordillera, Mesozoic calcalkaline and alkaline intrusive igneous rocks that are prospective for hosting porphyry Cu-Au mineralization may be overlain by thick glacial overburden. Previous studies have shown that magnetite from ore deposits has a unique trace element signature that di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pisiak, Laura
Other Authors: Canil, Dante
Language:English
en
Published: 2015
Subjects:
magnetite
mineral chemistry
hydrothermal
porphyry
indicator mineral
exploration
till provenance
discriminant analysis
Mount Polley
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6992

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http://hdl.handle.net/1828/6992

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