Internal vein texture and vein evolution of the epithermal Shila-Paula district, southern Peru

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 387-410

  Chauvet, Alain ^a   Bailly, Laurent ^b   André, Anne Sylvie ^c   Monié, Patrick ^a   Cassard, Daniel ^b   Tajada, Fernando Llosa ^d   Vargas, Juan Rosas ^d   Tuduri, Johann ^e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER 2   (France)

^b BRGM   (France)

^c CRPG CNRS   (France)

^d Luis N Saenz 447 449 21   (Peru)

^e UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Breccia; Epithermal gold; Peru; Structural control; Texture; Vein system

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; FLUID INCLUSION; ORE BODY; STRUCTURAL CONTROL; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TEXTURE; VEIN (GEOLOGY); VOLCANIC ROCK;

CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [PERU]; PERU; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745203706     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0068-4     Document Type: Article

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