Epithermal precious metal mineralization in a strike-slip corridor: The San Dimas district, Durango, Mexico

Economic Geology

Volumn 94, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1375-1380

  Horner, Johannes T ^a,b,c   Enriquez, Erme ^b,c  

^a Recon Struct Consulting   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c Luismin SA de CV   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGY; GOLD; MEXICO; MINERALIZATION; SILVER; TECTONICS;

DEFORMATION; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; SILVER; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0033510333     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.94.8.1375     Document Type: Article

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