Sulfur and oxygen isotopic record in sulfate and sulfide minerals of early, deep, pre-Main Stage porphyry Cu-Mo and late Main Stage base-metal mineral deposits, Butte district, Montana

Chemical Geology

Volumn 215, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 61-93

  Field, C W ^a   Zhang, L ^a   Dilles, J H ^a   Rye, R O ^b   Reed, M H ^c  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DENVER FEDERAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

Butte, Montana; Contamination; Oxygen isotopes; Porphyry Cu Mo deposit; Sulfate sulfide assemblages; Sulfur isotopes

Indexed keywords

COPPER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERAL; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MOLYBDENUM; PORPHYRY; SULFATE; SULFIDE;

BUTTE; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 14544306070     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.049     Document Type: Article

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