The Campana Mahuida and Caicayén ore districs, Neuquén: A model of Cu skarns - Porphyry copper deposits and implications for their exploration in the Main Cordillera;Las alteraciones y mineralizaciones de Campana Mahuida y Caicayén, Neuquén: Nuevos datos para la exploración de la asociación skarns de Cu - Pórfiros cupríferos en la Cordillera Principal

Revista de la Asociacion Geologica Argentina

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 401-415

  Franchini, Marta ^a   Malvicini, Lidia ^b,c  

^a Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN LUIS   (Argentina)

^c Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; I TYPE ROCK; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; SKARN;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN PROVINCE;

EID: 0032461673     PISSN: 00044822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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