The Pierina epithermal Au-Ag deposit, Ancash, Peru: Paragenetic relationships, alunite textures, and stable-isotope geochemistry

Chemical Geology

Volumn 215, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 235-252

  Rainbow, Amelia ^a   Clark, Alan H ^a   Kyser, T Kurtis ^a   Gaboury, François ^b   Hodgson, C Jay ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Minera Barrick Misquichilca SA   (Peru)

^c BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alunite habit; Epithermal; Gold; High sulfidation; Peru; Pierina; Silver; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ALUNITE; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; ORE DEPOSIT; PARAGENESIS; SILVER;

ANCASH; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14544274598     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.050     Document Type: Article

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