The hypogene iron oxide copper-gold mineralization in the Mantoverde district, northern Chile

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1271-1299

  Rieger, Ana A ^a   Marschik, Robert ^a   Díaz, Manuel ^b   Hölzl, Stefan ^c   Chiaradia, Massimo ^d   Akker, Burç ^a   Spangenberg, Jorge E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Anglo American Chile   (Chile)

^c BAYERISCHE STAATSSAMMLUNG FÜR PALÄONTOLOGIE UND GEOLOGIE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATACAMA; BRITTLE STRUCTURES; CARBONATIZATION; CHLORITIZATION; COPPER MINERALIZATION; CRUSTAL LEVELS; EARLY CRETACEOUS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EXTERNAL SOURCES; FAULT ZONE; FLUID CONDUITS; GENETIC MODELS; GOLD MINERALIZATION; HOST ROCKS; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; K-FELDSPAR; LEAD ISOTOPE; LEAD ISOTOPE RATIOS; MAGMATISMS; METEORIC WATERS; NORTHERN CHILE; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; RELATIVE DISTANCES; SPECULARITE; SULFIDE MINERALIZATION; SULFUR ISOTOPE; SUPERGENE; SYSTEMATIC VARIATION; TECTONIC CONTROL;

CADMIUM; CALCITE; CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITS; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; IRON OXIDES; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MAGNETITE; MERCURY (METAL); METAMORPHIC ROCKS; MINERALOGY; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; SEAWATER; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; STRONTIUM; SULFUR; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

ROCKS;

BRECCIA; CALCITE; CHALCOPYRITE; COPPER; CRETACEOUS; FAULT ZONE; FELDSPAR; GOLD; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IRON OXIDE; LEAD ISOTOPE; MAGMATISM; MAGNETITE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; POTASSIUM; PYRITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SILICIFICATION; STRONTIUM; VEIN (GEOLOGY);

ATACAMA; CHILE;

EID: 79952374044     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.105.7.1271     Document Type: Article

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