Geology and geochemistry of the Mammoth breccia pipe, Copper Creek mining district, southeastern Arizona: Evidence for a magmatic-hydrothermal origin

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-170

  Anderson, Eric D ^a   Atkinson Jr , William W ^b   Marsh, Timothy ^c   Iriondo, Alexander ^b,d  

^a U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México ^*  (United States)

^d CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Arizona; Breccia pipe; Fluid inclusion; Geochronology; Porphyry; Stable isotope

Indexed keywords

ARGON-ARGON DATING; DIATREME; FLUID INCLUSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HYDROGEN ISOTOPE; MINERALIZATION; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PORPHYRY; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ARIZONA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 59649128678     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-008-0206-2     Document Type: Article

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