Compositions of magmatic hydrothermal fluids determined by LA-ICP-MS of fluid inclusions from the porphyry copper-molybdenum deposit at Butte, MT

Chemical Geology

Volumn 210, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 173-199

  Rusk, Brian G ^a   Reed, Mark H ^a   Dilles, John H ^b   Klemm, Leonhard M ^c   Heinrich, Christoph A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Butte; Fluid inclusion; LA ICP MS; Porphyry Cu; Vein

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; ORE-FORMING FLUID;

BUTTE; MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544249436     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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