40Ar/ 39Ar and Re-Os geochronology of porphyry copper-molybdenum deposits and related copper-silver veins in the Collahuasi district, Northern Chile

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 673-690

  Masterman, Glenton J ^a   Cooke, David R ^a   Berry, Ron F ^a   Clark, Alan H ^b   Archibald, Douglas A ^b   Mathur, Ryan ^c   Walshe, John L ^d   Durán, Manuel ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

^d CSIRO   (Australia)

^e Cia Minera Dona Ines Collahuasi SCM   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGIC DATA; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; MINERALIZATION;

ARGON; COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); COPPER; GEOCHRONOLOGY; MOLYBDENUM; MONAZITE; QUARTZ;

GEOLOGY;

COPPER; EOCENE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; SILVER;

CHILE; COLLAHUASI; SOUTH AMERICA; TARAPACA;

EID: 4644289157     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.4.673     Document Type: Article

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