Hydrothermal evolution in the calabona porphyry copper system (Sardinia, Italy): The path to an uneconomic deposit

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 774-791

  Stefanini, Barbara ^a   Williams Jones, Anthony E ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; PORPHYRY DEPOSIT;

ITALY, SARDINIA, CALABONA;

EID: 0030435655     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.4.774     Document Type: Article

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