The Mantos Blancos copper deposit: An upper Jurassic breccia-style hydrothermal system in the Coastal Range of Northern Chile

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 246-258

  Ramirez L E ^a   Palacios, C ^a   Townley, B ^a   Parada, M A ^a   Sial, A N ^b   Fernandez Turiel, J L ^c   Gimeno, D ^d   Garcia Valles, M ^d   Lehmann, B ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PERNAMBUCO   (Brazil)

^c INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES JAUME ALMERA   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Coastal range; Cu mineralization; Northern Chile; Upper jurassic

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FLUID INCLUSION; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; JURASSIC; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646886760     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0055-9     Document Type: Article

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