Regional geochemistry of tertiary igneous rocks in central Chile: Implications for the geodynamic environment of giant porphyry copper and epithermal gold mineralization

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 887-904

  Hollings, Peter ^a,b   Cooke, David ^a   Clark, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITHERMAL GOLD MINERALIZATION; PORPHYRY COPPER; REGIONAL GEOCHEMISTRY; TERTIARY IGNEOUS ROCKS;

BASALT; CHARACTERIZATION; COMPOSITION; COPPER DEPOSITS; FRACTIONATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD MINES; MINERALOGY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33344460809     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.5.887     Document Type: Article

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