Application of carbon isotope ratios in regolith to the exploration for buried exotic-type copper ore deposits, Collahuasi district, northern Chile

Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 3-8

  Nelson, Mark A ^a   Kyser, T Kurt ^a   Clark, Alan H ^a   Oates, Christopher ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ANGLO AMERICAN PLC   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Exotic chrysocolla deposits; Microbiogenic carbon; Northern Chile; Soils overlying buried mineralization

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COPPER OXIDES; DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALOGY; ORES; SILICATES; SOIL SURVEYS; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CARBON ISOTOPE RATIO; CARBON ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; CHRYSOCOLLA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; NORTHERN CHILE; PORPHYRY COPPERS; SOIL SAMPLE; SULPHIDE MINERALIZATION;

COPPER DEPOSITS;

CARBON ISOTOPE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; COPPER; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; ISOTOPIC RATIO; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; REGOLITH;

ANDES; CHILE; COLLAHUASI; CORDILLERA OCCIDENTAL [ANDES]; SOUTH AMERICA; TARAPACA;

EID: 66549127998     PISSN: 14677873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1144/1467-7873/07-168     Document Type: Article

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