Laramide porphyry Cu-Mo mineralization in northern Mexico: Age constraints from Re-Os geochronology in molybdenite

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1605-1616

  Barra, Fernando ^a,b   Ruiz, Joaquin ^a   Valencia, Victor A ^a   Ochoa Landín, Lucas ^c   Chesley, John T ^a   Zurcher, Lukas ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL MINERALIZATION; MEXICO; MOLYBDENITE; PORPHYRY SYSTEM;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MINERALOGY; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY;

COPPER DEPOSITS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENITE; OROGENY; PORPHYRY; RHENIUM-OSMIUM DATING;

ARIZONA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

STRONGYLURA STOLZMANNI;

EID: 33745901594     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1605     Document Type: Article

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