Portovelo: A volcanic-hosted epithermal vein-system in Ecuador, South America

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 269-276

  Van Thournout, F ^a   Salemink, J ^b   Valenzuela, G ^c   Merlyn, M ^d   Boven, A ^e   Muchez, P ^f  

^a Bâtiment Mercator ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c Instituto Ecuatoriano de Mineria   (Ecuador)

^d Laboratory of Geochronology ^*  (Ecuador)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERATION; EPITHERMAL VEIN; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; SILVER; VOLCANIC ROCK;

ECUADOR, PORTOVELO;

EID: 0029774541     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02280791     Document Type: Article

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