Hypogene Ba-rich todorokite and associated nanometric native silver in the San Miguel Tenango mining area, Zacatlán, Puebla, Mexico

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1237-1253

  Arturo Gomez Caballero J ^a   Guadalupe Villasenor Cabral M ^a   Santiago Jacinto, Patricia ^a   Ponce Abad, Francisco ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Barium; Manganosite; Mexico; Native silver; Pliocene; Puebla; San miguel tenango; Todorokite

Indexed keywords

MANGANOSITE; ME-XICO; NATIVE SILVER; PLIOCENE; PUEBLA; SAN MIGUEL; TODOROKITES;

BARIUM; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITS; FILLING; IRON ORES; LEAD; MANGANESE; MANGANESE OXIDE; METALLURGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; OXIDES; PETROGRAPHY; RECOVERY; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANIC ROCKS; VOLCANOES;

SILVER;

BARIUM; BRECCIA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMATITE; LIMESTONE; MANGANESE; MESOZOIC; METALLURGY; MINERALIZATION; MINING; OXIDE; PLIOCENE; SHALE; SILVER; SULFIDE GROUP; TODOROKITE; VOLCANIC ROCK; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; PUEBLA [MEXICO];

EID: 78650872662     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3749/canmin.48.5.1237     Document Type: Article

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