"Sour gas" hydrothermal jarosite: Ancient to modern acid-sulfate mineralization in the southern Rio Grande Rift

Chemical Geology

Volumn 215, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 339-360

  Lueth, Virgil W ^a   Rye, Robert O ^b   Peters, Lisa ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

40Ar 39Ar; Jarosite; Rio Grande Rift; Sour gas; Stable isotopes

Indexed keywords

ACID; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; JAROSITE; MINERALIZATION; SULFATE;

NORTH AMERICA; RIO GRANDE RIFT; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14544282430     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.042     Document Type: Article

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