Clay mineralogy and zonation in the Campana Mahuida porphyry Cu deposit, Neuquén, Argentina: Implications for porphyry Cu exploration

Economic Geology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 27-54

  Franchini, Marta ^a   Impiccini, Agnes ^a   Meinert, Lawrence ^b   Grathoff, Georg ^c   Schalamuk, Isidoro B A ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL COMAHUE   (Argentina)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL BIOTITE; HYPOGENE ALTERATION; SUPERGENE ALTERATION;

CLAY; CRYSTALLINE ROCKS; GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERALOGY; PH EFFECTS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; THERMAL EFFECTS;

COPPER DEPOSITS;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLAY MINERAL; COPPER; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; DIAGENESIS; EXPLORATION; MINERAL ALTERATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PH; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PROTOLITH; SALINITY; SMECTITE; SULFIDE; SUPERGENE PROCESS; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZONING;

ARGENTINA; NEUQUEN; SOUTH AMERICA;

BRUGMANSIA VERSICOLOR;

EID: 34447324888     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.102.1.27     Document Type: Article

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