Multistage intrusion, brecciation, and veining at El Teniente, Chile: Evolution of a nested porphyry system

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 119-153

  Vry, V H ^a,b   Wilkinson, J J ^a,b   Seguel, J ^c   Millan J ^c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c CODELCO División El Teniente ^*  (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TRAPS; EVOLUTION PATHS; FLUID EVOLUTION; GENETIC LINK; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; K-FELDSPAR; LATE MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; PLUTONS; PORPHYRY SYSTEM; RELATIVE TIMING; REPEATED CYCLE; SINGLE EVENT; SULFOSALTS; TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIPS;

BIOLOGY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DEPOSITS; FELDSPAR; FELDSPAR DEPOSITS; IRON ORES; MICA; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; MOLYBDENUM DEPOSITS; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS;

ROCKS;

ANHYDRITE; BRECCIA; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EMPLACEMENT; FELDSPAR; FELSIC ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAFIC ROCK; MINERALIZATION; MINERALOGY; MIOCENE; ORE DEPOSIT; PLIOCENE; PORPHYRY; QUARTZ; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

CHILE; EL TENIENTE; O'HIGGINS;

EID: 78751513564     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.105.1.119     Document Type: Article

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