Rosia Poieni copper deposit, Apuseni Mountains, Romania: Advanced argillic overprint of a porphyry system

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-188

  Milu, Viorica ^a   Milesi, Jean Pierre ^b   Leroy, Jacques Léon ^c  

^a GEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF ROMANIA   (Romania)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal alteration; Mineral chemistry; Porphyry copper ore deposit; Romania; Rosia Poieni

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OVERPRINTING; PORPHYRY; ZONATION;

APUSENI MOUNTAINS; EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 1842663327     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-003-0390-z     Document Type: Article

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