Fluid and source magma evolution of the Questa porphyry Mo deposit, New Mexico, USA

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 533-552

  Klemm, Leonhard M ^a   Pettke, Thomas ^a,b   Heinrich, Christoph A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Fluid inclusion; Porphyry molybdenum; Questa

Indexed keywords

FLUID INCLUSION; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; MAGMA CHAMBER; MASS BALANCE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; WATER CONTENT;

QUESTA;

EID: 47249157609     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-008-0181-7     Document Type: Article

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