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Melt inclusions in Veins: Linking Magmas and Porphyry Cu Deposits
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Harris, AC and Kamenetsky, VS and White, N and van Achterbergh, E and Ryan, CG, Melt inclusions in Veins: Linking Magmas and Porphyry Cu Deposits, Science, 302, (5653) pp. 2109-2111. ISSN 0036-8075 (2003) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1126/science.1089927
Abstract
At a porphyry copper-gold deposit in Bajo de la Alumbrera, Argentina, silicate-melt inclusions coexist with hypersaline liquid- and vapor-rich inclusions in the earliest magmatic-hydrothermal quartz veins. Copper concentrations of the hypersaline liquid and vapor inclusions reached maxima of 10.0 weight % (wt %) and 4.5 wt %, respectively. These unusually copper-rich inclusions are considered to be the most primitive ore fluid found thus far. Their preservation with coexisting melt allows for the direct quantification of important ore-forming processes, including determination of bulk partition coefficients of metals from magma into ore-forming magmatic volatile phases.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Earth Sciences |
| Research Group: | Geology |
| Research Field: | Ore Deposit Petrology |
| Objective Division: | Mineral Resources (excl. Energy Resources) |
| Objective Group: | Other Mineral Resources (excl. Energy Resources) |
| Objective Field: | Mineral Resources (excl. Energy Resources) not elsewhere classified |
| Author: | Harris, AC (Dr Anthony Harris) |
| Author: | Kamenetsky, VS (Professor Vadim Kamenetsky) |
| Author: | White, N (Professor Noel White) |
| ID Code: | 28006 |
| Year Published: | 2003 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 91 |
| Deposited By: | Centre for Ore Deposit Research - CODES CoE |
| Deposited On: | 2003-08-01 |
| Last Modified: | 2011-11-28 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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