The Donoso copper-rich, tourmaline-bearing breccia pipe in central Chile: Petrologic, fluid inclusion and stable isotope evidence for an origin from magmatic fluids

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 2-21

  Skewes, M Alexandra ^a   Holmgren, Carmen ^b   Stern, Charles R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Chagres Smelter   (Chile)

Author keywords

Andes; Breccia; Chile; Copper; Tourmaline

Indexed keywords

BRECCIA; COPPER; FLUID INCLUSION; MINERALIZATION; PETROLOGY; STABLE ISOTOPE; TOURMALINE;

CHILE;

EID: 0344950432     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-002-0264-9     Document Type: Article

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