Laramide alteration of proterozoic diabase: A likely contributor of copper to porphyry systems in the dripping spring mountains area, Southeastern Arizona

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 171-183

  Force, Eric R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b Ctr for Mineral Rsrc Contribution   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER PORPHYRY; DIABASE; LARAMIDE ALTERATION; METALLOGENESIS;

USA, ARIZONA;

EID: 0031843189     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.2.171     Document Type: Article

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