Isotopic constraints on fluid evolution and precipitation mechanisms for the Boléo Cu-Co-Zn district, Mexico

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 127-151

  Conly, Andrew G ^a   Beaudoin, Georges ^b   Scott, Steven D ^c  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bol o; Copper sulfide; Manganese oxide; Stable isotopes; Strontium isotopes

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUND; FLUID COMPOSITION; GEOTHERMOMETRY; INFILTRATION; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MINERALIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); SEAWATER; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; STRATIFORM DEPOSIT;

BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR; BOLEO; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SANTA ROSALIA BASIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LAMIINAE;

EID: 33646408151     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0045-3     Document Type: Article

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