Alteration Geochemistry of Volcanic Rocks around Sarcheshmeh Porphyry Copper Deposit, Rafsanjan, Kerman, Iran: Implications for Regional Exploration

Resource Geology

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 76-90

  Aftabi, Alijan ^a   Atapour, Habibeh ^b  

^a SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Alteration geochemistry; Discrimination diagrams; Regional exploration guides; Sarcheshmeh porphyry copper; Trachybasalt

Indexed keywords

BASALT; CONTINENTAL ARC; COPPER; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; MIOCENE; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE GRADE; PETROCHEMISTRY; PORPHYRY; TECTONIC SETTING; VOLCANIC ROCK;

IRAN; KERMAN [IRAN]; RAFSANJAN;

EID: 78650374666     PISSN: 13441698     EISSN: 17513928     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-3928.2010.00149.x     Document Type: Article

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