Duration of magmatic, hydrothermal, and supergene activity at Cerro Rico de Potosi, Bolivia

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1647-1656

  Rice, C M ^a   Steele, G B ^a,b   Barfod, D N ^c   Boyce, A J ^c   Pringle, M S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration Ltd   (Chile)

^c SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOTITE; BOLIVIA; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMATIC ACTIVITY; SANIDINE; SUPERGENE ACTIVITY;

GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION;

SILVER DEPOSITS;

ARGON-ARGON DATING; BIOTITE; FISSION TRACK DATING; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATISM; ORE BODY; OXIDATION; SANIDINE;

BOLIVIA; POTOSI [BOLIVIA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33745918607     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.8.1647     Document Type: Article

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