Cordilleran epithermal Cu-Zn-Pb-(Au-Ag) mineralization in the Colquijirca district, central Peru: Deposit-scale mineralogical patterns

Economic Geology

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 905-944

  Bendezú, Ronner ^a,b   Fontboté, Lluís ^b  

^a Universite de Genève ^*  (Peru)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

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EID: 77951902720     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.104.7.905     Document Type: Article

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