Greenockite and associated sulfide mineralization from the caledonia group mines, blanca creek, la huerta range, san juan province, argentina

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-141

  Mogessie, Aberra ^a   Gallien, Florian ^a   Bernhard, Franz ^a   Bauer, Christoph ^a   De Machuca, Brigida Castro ^b   Meissl, Estela ^b   Bjerg, Ernesto ^c   Delpino, Sergio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN JUAN   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL SUR   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Argentina; Caledonia group mines; Greenockite; La Huerta; Sulfide parageneses; Textural occurrence

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CALEDONIA GROUP MINES; GREENOCKITE; LA HUERTA; SULFIDE PARAGENESES; TEXTURAL OCCURRENCE;

COPPER COMPOUNDS; IRON ORES; LANTHANUM; MAGNETITE; MINERALOGY; MINES; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SULFIDE MINERALS; ZINC;

ZINC SULFIDE;

GRANULITE; MAGNETITE; MINERALIZATION; PARAGENESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SULFIDE;

ARGENTINA; SAN JUAN [ARGENTINA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 63849266135     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.47.1.129     Document Type: Article

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