Adakite-like signature of Late Miocene intrusions at the Los Pelambres giant porphyry copper deposit in the Andes of central Chile: Metallogenic implications

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 876-885

  Reich, Martin ^a,b   Parada, Miguel A ^a   Palacios, Carlos ^a   Dietrich, Andreas ^c   Schultz, Frank ^c   Lehmann, Bernd ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adakites; Central Andes; Giant porphyry copper deposits

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; ADAKITE; COPPER; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; METALLOGENESIS; MIOCENE; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; TECTONIC SETTING;

CHILE;

EID: 0344120792     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-003-0369-9     Document Type: Article

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