U-Pb zircon and Re-Os molybdenite geochronology from La Caridad porphyry copper deposit: Insights for the duration of magmatism and mineralization in the Nacozari District, Sonora, Mexico

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 175-191

  Valencia, Victor A ^a   Ruiz, J ^a   Barra, F ^a,c   Geherls, G ^a   Ducea, M ^a   Titley, S R ^a   Ochoa Landin, L ^b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

Author keywords

La Caridad; Mexico; Porphyry Cu; Re Os; Sonora; U Pb

Indexed keywords

COPPER; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING; URANIUM-LEAD DATING;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SONORA;

EID: 29444444553     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0480-1     Document Type: Article

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