Equilibrium mineral-fluid calculations and their application to the solid solution between alunite and natroalunite in the El Indio-Pascua belt of Chile and Argentina

Chemical Geology

Volumn 215, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 219-234

  Deyell, C L ^a,b   Dipple, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Advanced argillic alteration; Alunite; El Indio Pascua belt; Natroalunite; Solid Solution; Zoning

Indexed keywords

ALUNITE; GOLD; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; SOLID SOLUTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

EL INDIO-PASCUA BELT; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14544298801     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.039     Document Type: Article

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