From source to sinks in auriferous magmatic-hydrothermal porphyry and epithermal deposits

Elements

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 289-295

  Tosdal, Richard M ^a   Dilles, John H ^b   Cooke, David R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Epithermal precious metal; Hydrothermal evolution; Magma; Porphyry Cu

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COPPER ALLOYS; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; GOLD ALLOYS; PLATE METAL; PRECIOUS METALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

EPITHERMAL; EPITHERMAL DEPOSITS; HYDROTHERMAL EVOLUTION; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; MAGMA; MAGMA CHAMBER; PORPHYRY-CU DEPOSITS; SOURCE TO SINKS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

COPPER; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FRACTIONATION; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MAGMA; PORPHYRY; PRECIOUS METAL;

EID: 72949098055     PISSN: 18115209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gselements.5.5.289     Document Type: Article

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