Ages of intrusion, alteration and mineralization at the Grasberg Cu-Au deposit, Papua, Indonesia

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1005-1020

  Pollard, Peter J ^a   Taylor, Roger G ^a   Peters, Lisa ^b  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL MICAS; MAGMATIC MICAS; MINERALIZATION;

COPPER DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; IGNEOUS ROCKS; MINERALOGY;

PETROLOGY;

COPPER; GOLD; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT;

ASIA; EURASIA; MALAY ARCHIPELAGO; NEW GUINEA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 33344462104     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.5.1005     Document Type: Article

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