The El Teniente porphyry Cu-Mo deposit from a hydrothermal rutile perspective

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 849-866

  Rabbia, Osvaldo M ^a   Hernández, Laura B ^a   French, David H ^b   King, Robert W ^c   Ayers, John C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c Parque Residencial Laguna Grande ^*  (Chile)

^d VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chile; El Teniente; Molybdenum; Porphyry copper deposit; Rutile

Indexed keywords

COPPER; FORMATION MECHANISM; FUGACITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; MOLYBDENUM; ORE DEPOSIT; PARENT MATERIAL; PORPHYRY; PROVENANCE; RUTILE; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; WALL ROCK;

CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70449524321     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-009-0252-4     Document Type: Article

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