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The Portovelo-Zaruma mining camp, Southwest Ecuador; porphyry and epithermal environments
R. M. Spencer, J. L. Montenegro, A. Gaibor, E. P. Perez, G. Mantilla, F. Viera and C. E. Spencer
The Portovelo-Zaruma mining camp, Southwest Ecuador; porphyry and epithermal environments
SEG Newsletter (April 2002) (49): 1-14
The Portovelo-Zaruma mining camp, Southwest Ecuador; porphyry and epithermal environments
SEG Newsletter (April 2002) (49): 1-14
Index Terms/Descriptors
- base metals
- Ecuador
- epithermal processes
- faults
- gold ores
- grabens
- igneous rocks
- ignimbrite
- intrusions
- metal ores
- metasomatism
- mineral assemblages
- mineral deposits, genesis
- mineral exploration
- mineralization
- mining
- mining geology
- P-T conditions
- porphyry
- production
- pyroclastics
- South America
- structural controls
- systems
- unconformities
- veins
- volcanic rocks
- wall-rock alteration
- southwestern Ecuador
- Portovelo Ecuador
- Zaruma Ecuador
- Saraguro Group
- Portovelo-Zaruma mining district
Latitude & Longitude
ISSN: 1550-297X
Serial Title: SEG Newsletter
Serial Issue: 49
Title: The Portovelo-Zaruma mining camp, Southwest Ecuador; porphyry and epithermal environments
Affiliation: IAMGOLD Ecuador,
Quito,
Ecuador
Pages: 1-14
Published: 200204
Text Language: English
Publisher: Society of Economic Geologists,
Littleton, CO,
United States
References: 20
Accession Number: 2004-006070
Categories: Economic geology, geology of ore deposits
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus. incl. geol. sketch maps
S05°00'00" - N01°30'00", W81°00'00" - W75°00'00"
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2022, American Geosciences Institute.
Update Code: 200402