40Ar- 39Ar ages of hypogene and supergene mineralization in the Cerro Verde-Santa Rosa porphyry Cu-Mo cluster, Arequipa, Peru

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1683-1696

  Quang, Chan X ^a   Clark, Alan H ^a   Lee, James K W ^a   Guillén, Jorge B ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Verde Uchumayo   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRANITOID ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; INCREMENTAL HEATING; SUPERGENE ACTIVITY;

COPPER DEPOSITS; ENGINEERING GEOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; LEACHING; MINERALS; POPULATION STATISTICS; ROCKS;

MINERALOGY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PALEOCENE; PORPHYRY; SUPERGENE PROCESS;

AREQUIPA [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 3042825079     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.8.1683     Document Type: Article

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