K-Ar ages of tin-polymetallic mineralization in the Oruro mining district, central Bolivian tin belt

Resource Geology

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-282

  Sugaki, Asahiko ^a   Shimada, Nobutaka ^b   Ueno, Hirotomo ^c   Kano, Shimpei ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Age; Alunite; Bolivia; Jarosite; K Ar; Oruro; Sericite; Sulfur isotope

Indexed keywords

EROSION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; MIOCENE; ORE DEPOSIT; POTASSIUM-ARGON DATING; TIN; WEATHERING;

BOLIVIA; ORURO [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 1842458435     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2003.tb00176.x     Document Type: Article

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