The Candelaria (Cu-Fe-Au) and Punta del Cobre (Cu-Fe) deposits (Copiapo, Chile): A case for extension-related granitoid emplacement and mineralization processes?

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 799-801

  Oyarzun, R ^a   Rodriguez M ^b   Pincheira, M ^b   Doblas, M ^c   Helle, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c MUSEO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS NATURALES   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GOLD; GRANITE; IRON; MINERALIZATION;

CHILE;

EID: 0342980399     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050241     Document Type: Article

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