The chloride source for atacamite mineralization at the Radomiro Tomic porphyry copper deposit, northern Chile

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1667-1681

  Arcuri, Terry ^a   Brimhall, George ^b  

^a Shell Exploration and Production Co   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; MINERALIZATION; RADOMIRO TOMIC;

BROMINE; COPPER DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; GEOCHEMISTRY; ISOTOPES; OXIDES; SEAWATER;

GEOLOGY;

ATACAMITE; CHLORIDE; COPPER; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; SUPERGENE PROCESS;

ANTOFAGASTA; CHILE; RADOMIRO TOMIC MINE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042760749     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.8.1667     Document Type: Article

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