The role of bitumen in strata-bound copper deposit formation in the Copiapo area, Northern Chile

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 339-355

  Cisternas, M Eugenia ^a   Hermosilla, Juan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b SKM Minmetal Ltda   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Early Cretaceous; Pyrobitumen; Stable isotopes; Strata bound Cu deposits; Volcanic hosted

Indexed keywords

BITUMEN; COPPER; CRETACEOUS; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE; STRATABOUND DEPOSIT;

ATACAMA; CHILE; COPIAPO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745206494     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0063-9     Document Type: Article

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