The San Jorge porphyry copper deposit, Mendoza, Argentina: A combination of orthomagmatic and hydrothermal mineralization

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 185-201

  Williams, W C ^a   Meissl, E ^b   Madrid, J ^a   De MacHuca, B C ^b  

^a N Orion Explorations/Grupo M   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Orthomagmatic; Permo Triassic belt; San Jorge porphyry copper deposit

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MAGMATISM; PORPHYRY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

ARGENTINA;

EID: 0033390251     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-1368(99)00006-2     Document Type: Article

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