The Aguablanca Ni-(Cu) sulfide deposit, SW Spain: Geologic and geochemical controls and the relationship with a midcrustal layered mafic complex

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 41, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 737-769

  Tornos, Fernando ^a   Galindo, Carmen ^b   Casquet, César ^b   Rodríguez Pevida, Luis ^c   Martínez, César ^d   Martínez, Enrique ^e   Velasco, Francisco ^f   Iriondo, Alexander ^g  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c Río Narcea Nickel   (Spain)

^d Mina de Aguablanca   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^f UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aguablanca; Magmaticsulfide deposits; Nickel; Spain; Sulfideimmiscibility

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL CRUST; COPPER; EMPLACEMENT; GEOCHEMISTRY; MAFIC ROCK; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; PLUTON; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SULFIDE GROUP;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 37849189620     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-006-0090-6     Document Type: Article

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