Igneous geochemistry of mineralized rocks of the Baguio district, Philippines: Implications for tectonic evolution and the genesis of porphyry-style mineralization

Economic Geology

Volumn 106, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1317-1333

  Hollings, Pete ^a   Cooke, David R ^b   Waters, Patrick J ^c   Cousens, Brian ^d  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c Anglo American Exploration (Philippines) Inc   (Philippines)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAKITIC ROCKS; CALC-ALKALINE ROCKS; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; EPITHERMAL; GOLD MINERALIZATION; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRIES; ISOTOPIC CHARACTERISTICS; MAFIC DIKES; MAGMA CHAMBER; MAGMATIC ROCK; MANILA TRENCH; PHILIPPINES; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PORPHYRY COPPERS; SUB-ARC MANTLE; SUBDUCTION ZONES; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THROUGH THE ARCS;

COPPER; COPPER DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; ISOTOPES; LEVEES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ROCKS; TECTONICS;

IGNEOUS ROCKS;

CALC ALKALINE ROCK; COPPER; CRUSTAL CONTAMINATION; DIKE; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EPITHERMAL DEPOSIT; FELSIC ROCK; GOLD; IGNEOUS GEOCHEMISTRY; MAFIC ROCK; MAGMATISM; MELTING; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINERALIZATION; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; PORPHYRY; SKARN; SLAB; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SUBDUCTION; TECTONIC EVOLUTION;

BAGUIO; BENGUET; CORDILLERA ADMINISTRATIVE REGION; MANILA TRENCH; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHILIPPINES; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 81855216343     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.106.8.1317     Document Type: Article

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