Younger ca 1500 Ma granites of the Williams and Naraku Batholiths, Cloncurry district, eastern Mt Isa Inlier: Geochemistry, origin, metallogenic significance and exploration indicatorsFootnote∗

Tables 1 and 2 [indicated by an asterisk (∗) in the text and listed at the end of the paper] are Supplementary Papers lodged with the National Library of Australia (Manuscript Section); copies may be obtained from the Business Manager, Geological Society of Australia.

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