Rock-magnetism and ore microscopy of the magnetite-apatite ore deposit from Cerro de Mercado, Mexico

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 181-192

  Alva Valdivia, L M ^a   Goguitchaichvili, A ^a   Urrutia Fucugauchi, J ^a   Caballero Miranda, C ^a   Vivallo, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b SERVICIO NACIONAL DE GEOLOGÍA Y MINERÍA   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC MINERAL; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETITE; ORE DEPOSIT;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

OXY;

EID: 0041352382     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352375     Document Type: Article

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