Mineral assemblages of the Francisco I. Madero Zn-Cu-Pb-(Ag) deposit, Zacatecas, Mexico: Implications for ore deposit genesis

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 35, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 423-435

  Canet, Carles ^a   Camprubí, Antoni ^a   González Partida, Eduardo ^b   Linares, Carlos ^a   Alfonso, Pura ^c   Piñeiro Fernández, Fernando ^d   Prol Ledesma, Rosa María ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE GEOCIENCIAS   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d Penoles   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Geothermobarometry; Guerrero Terrane; Massive sulfides; Mineral chemistry; North American Cordillera; Skarn

Indexed keywords

GEOTHERMOBAROMETRY; GUERRERO TERRANE; MASSIVE SULFIDES; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA; SKARN;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GARNETS; IRON ORES; LEAD; LEAD ALLOYS; LEVEES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MINING; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; PYRITES; QUARTZ; SILVER; SILVER DEPOSITS; SULFIDE MINERALS; VOLCANOES; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

SILICATE MINERALS;

COPPER; LEAD; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; ORE DEPOSIT; P-T CONDITIONS; RETROGRADE METAMORPHISM; SILVER; SKARN; ZINC;

GUERRERO TERRANE; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH AMERICAN CORDILLERA;

EID: 67349100201     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.02.004     Document Type: Article

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