Tellurides, selenides and Bi-mineral assemblages from the Río Narcea Gold Belt, Asturias, Spain: Genetic implications in Cu-Au and Au skarns

Mineralogy and Petrology

Volumn 87, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 277-304

  Cepedal, A ^a   Fuertes Fuente, M ^a   Martin Izard A ^a   Gonzalez Nistal S ^b   Rodriguez Pevida L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b Rio Narcea Gold Mines   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; COPPER; GOLD; MAGNETITE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; SELENITE; SKARN; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY); TELLURIDE;

ASTURIAS; SPAIN;

EID: 33745455359     PISSN: 09300708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00710-006-0127-7     Document Type: Article

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