Reconciling fluid inclusion types, fluid processes, and fluid sources in skarns: An example from the Bismark deposit, Mexico

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 474-495

  Baker, Timothy ^a   Lang, James R ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Lang Geoscience Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Base metals; Carbonate replacement deposits; Fluid inclusions; Mexico; Skarns; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

BASE METAL; CARBONATE; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORE DEPOSIT; PROVENANCE; SKARN;

MEXICO;

EID: 0041846684     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-002-0306-3     Document Type: Article

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