A Re-Os study of sulfide minerals from the Bagdad porphyry Cu-Mo deposit, northern Arizona, USA

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 585-596

  Barra, Fernando ^a,c   Ruiz, Joaquin ^a   Mathur, Ryan ^b   Titley, Spencer ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b JUNIATA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

Arizona; Bagdad deposit; Porphyry Cu Mo; Re Os isotopes

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LARAMIDE OROGENY; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; SULFIDE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0141501070     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-002-0341-0     Document Type: Article

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