The magmatic-hydrothermal transition - Evidence from quartz phenocryst textures and endoskarn abundance in Cu-Zn skarns at the Empire Mine, Idaho, USA

Chemical Geology

Volumn 210, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 149-171

  Chang, Zhaoshan ^a,c   Meinert, L D ^b  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abundant endoskarn; High F activity; Magmatic hydrothermal transition; Proximal Zn mineralization; Vermicular quartz phenocrysts

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; SKARN;

EMPIRE MINE; IDAHO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544331019     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2004.06.018     Document Type: Article

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