The Tropezón Cu-Mo-(Au) deposit, Northern Chile: The missing link between IOCG and porphyry copper systems?

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 313-321

  Tornos, Fernando ^a   Velasco, Francisco ^b   Barra, Fernando ^c,d   Morata, Diego ^e  

^a INSTITUTO GEOLÓGICO Y MINERO DE ESPAÑA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c The University of Arizona   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

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EID: 77953325881     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-010-0277-8     Document Type: Letter

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