The Bingham Canyon porphyry Cu-Mo-Au deposit. II. Vein geometry and ore shell formation by pressure-driven rock extension

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-90

  Gruen, Gillian ^a   Heinrich, Christoph A ^b   Schroeder, Kim ^c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER ORE; DEEP ROOTS; DENSITY DATA; DIFFERENTIAL STRESS; DIKE INTRUSION; DRILL CORE; EXSOLUTION; FLUID INCLUSION; FLUID PRESSURES; HYDRO-FRACTURING; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMA CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMATIC-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; METAL RATIO; ORE DEPOSITION; PIT SURFACE; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; PRESSURE-DRIVEN; REPEATED CYCLE; SHELL FORMATION; STRESS REGIME; VARIABLE ORIENTATION; VEIN FORMATION; VOLUME CHANGE;

COPPER; CORE DRILLING; DEPOSITS; FLUIDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; HYDRAULICS; HYDRODYNAMICS; LEVEES; MINERALOGY; MOLYBDENUM; QUARTZ; ROOFS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); STAINLESS STEEL;

ORES;

COOLING; COPPER; CORE LOGGING; DIKE; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; FLUID PRESSURE; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; ISOTHERM; MAGMATISM; MINERALIZATION; MOLYBDENUM; MONZONITE; ORE DEPOSIT; PORPHYRY; QUARTZ; RHIZOSPHERE; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

BINGHAM CANYON MINE; UNITED STATES; UTAH;

EID: 77956019951     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.105.1.69     Document Type: Article

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