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District-scale concentration of native copper lodes from a tectonically induced thermal plume of ore fluids on the Keweenaw Peninsula, northern Michigan
Alex C. Brown
District-scale concentration of native copper lodes from a tectonically induced thermal plume of ore fluids on the Keweenaw Peninsula, northern Michigan
Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (December 2008) 103 (8): 1691-1694
District-scale concentration of native copper lodes from a tectonically induced thermal plume of ore fluids on the Keweenaw Peninsula, northern Michigan
Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (December 2008) 103 (8): 1691-1694
Index Terms/Descriptors
- aquifers
- brines
- buoyancy
- copper ores
- faults
- ground water
- heat flow
- host rocks
- Keweenaw Peninsula
- Keweenawan
- Keweenawan Rift
- Lake Superior region
- metal ores
- meteoric water
- Michigan
- Michigan Upper Peninsula
- mineral composition
- mineral deposits, genesis
- mines
- North America
- ore-forming fluids
- Oronto Group
- plumes
- Portage Lake Lava Series
- Precambrian
- Proterozoic
- recharge
- reverse faults
- structural controls
- thrust faults
- United States
- upper Precambrian
- White Pine Mine
- zoning
- northern Michigan
- Isle Royale Fault
- Keweenaw Fault
- Bergland Group
- Houghton-Calumet mining camp
Latitude & Longitude
ISSN: 0361-0128
EISSN: 1554-0774
Coden: ECGLAL
Serial Title: Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists
Serial Volume: 103
Serial Issue: 8
Title: District-scale concentration of native copper lodes from a tectonically induced thermal plume of ore fluids on the Keweenaw Peninsula, northern Michigan
Author(s): Brown, Alex C.
Affiliation: Ecole Polytechnique du Montreal, Department of Civil, Geological and Mining Engineering,
Montreal, QC,
Canada
Pages: 1691-1694
Published: 200812
Text Language: English
Publisher: Economic Geology Publishing Company,
Lancaster, PA,
United States
References: 14
Accession Number: 2009-020533
Categories: Economic geology, geology of ore deposits
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. sects., geol. sketch map
N46°00'00" - N48°00'00", W90°00'00" - W87°30'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2018, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 200913
