Evolution of the giant Marcona-Mina Justa iron oxide-copper-gold district, South-Central Peru

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 155-185

  Chen, Huayong ^a,f   Clark, Alan H ^a   Kyser, T Kurtis ^a   Ullrich, Thomas D ^b   Baxter, Robert ^c,g   Chen, Yuming ^d,h   Moody, Timothy C ^e,i  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c Chariot Resources Limited   (Peru)

^d Shougang Hierro Perú SAA ^*  (Peru)

^e Rio Tinto Mining and Exploration   (Peru)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^g Norsemont Mining   (Canada)

^h CHINA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (China)

ⁱ Rio Tinto plc   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC; CALCIC AMPHIBOLE; CARBONATE UNITS; CENTRAL ANDES; COVELLITE; CU-POOR; DETACHMENT FAULT; FLUORAPATITES; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATIONS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; IGNIMBRITES; IRON OXIDE COPPER GOLDS; LOWER PALEOZOIC; MESOZOIC; MID-CRETACEOUS; MIDDLE JURASSIC; NORTHERN CHILE; OREBODIES; PLATE BOUNDARIES; PLIOCENE; SALIENT FEATURES; SILICICLASTIC ROCKS; SULFIDE MINERALIZATION; SUPERGENE;

CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER DEPOSITS; DEPOSITS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; HEMATITE; IGNEOUS ROCKS; IRON DEPOSITS; IRON OXIDES; MICA; MINERALOGY; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

MAGNETITE;

BATHOLITH; CALCITE; COPPER; CRETACEOUS; DACITE; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EMPLACEMENT; GALENA; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; IRON OXIDE; JURASSIC; LITTORAL ENVIRONMENT; MAGNETITE; METAMORPHISM; METASOMATISM; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PHLOGOPITE; PLIOCENE; STRIKE (GEOLOGY); SULFIDE;

PERU;

CANDELARIA;

EID: 78751552639     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.105.1.155     Document Type: Article

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