The relation between Cu/Au ratio and formation depth of porphyry-style Cu-Au ± Mo deposits

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-21

  Murakami, Hiroyasu ^a,b   Seo, Jung Hun ^b   Heinrich, Christoph A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cu Au ratio; Depth; Epithermal gold; Exploration; Porphyry copper; Pressure

Indexed keywords

COPPER; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FLUID PRESSURE; FORMATION MECHANISM; GOLD; MAGMATIC DIFFERENTIATION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MOLYBDENUM; ORE DEPOSIT; OROGENY; PETROGRAPHY; PORPHYRY; PRESSURE EFFECT; SOURCE ROCK;

EID: 77949262389     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-009-0255-1     Document Type: Article

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