The Marcona magnetite deposit, Ica, south-central Peru: A product of hydrous, iron oxide-rich melts?

Economic Geology

Volumn 105, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1441-1456

  Chen, Huayong ^a,b   Clark, Alan H ^a   Kyser, T Kurtis ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACK-ARC BASIN; CALCIC AMPHIBOLE; CENTRAL ANDES; CLASTICS; CU-POOR; DACITE MAGMA; EXSOLUTION; FE OXIDE; FLUORAPATITES; GEOTHERMOMETRY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; JURASSIC; MID-CRETACEOUS; MIDDLE JURASSIC; OREBODIES; PALEOZOIC; PLATE BOUNDARIES; SULFIDE MINERALIZATION;

CARBONATE MINERALS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEPOSITS; DISSOLUTION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; IRON OXIDES; ISOTOPES; LEAD; MICA; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; OXYGEN; QUARTZ; SODIUM; SULFUR; ZINC SULFIDE;

MAGNETITE;

COPPER; CRETACEOUS; DISSOLUTION; EXSOLUTION; GOLD; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; IRON OXIDE; JURASSIC; MAGNETITE; METASOMATISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; PLATE BOUNDARY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT;

PERU;

CANDELARIA;

EID: 79953189697     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.105.8.1441     Document Type: Article

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