Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
5782456 Ore Geology Reviews 2017 22 Pages PDF
Abstract
•IODP Expedition 331 drilled five sites in the Iheya North hydrothermal field.•We present new whole rock geochemical, minero-chemical and microstructural constraints.•At site C0016 massive sphalerite-rich sulfides were intersected.•Underlying volcanic rocks exhibit quartz-muscovite/illite and quartz-Mg-chlorite alteration.•The Iheya North hydrothermal system represents a modern analogue for Kuroko-type deposits.
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