Iron oxide-copper-gold deposits: An Andean view

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 787-812

  Sillitoe, Richard H ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central Andes; Diorite; Extensional tectonics; Iron oxide copper gold deposits; Metallogeny; Volcano plutonic arcs

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; IRON OXIDE; MAGMATISM; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE-FORMING FLUID; TECTONIC SETTING;

SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0345414641     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-003-0379-7     Document Type: Article

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