Hydrothermal alteration and fluid chemistry of the Endako porphyry molybdenum deposit, British Columbia

Economic Geology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 183-201

  Selby, David ^a   Nesbitt, Bruce E ^a   Muehlenbachs, Karlis ^a   Prochaska, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b Institut fur Geowissenschaften Leoben   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; METEORIC WATER; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY;

CANADA;

EID: 0034055712     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.95.1.183     Document Type: Article

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