Potassic Igneous Rocks and Associated Gold-Copper Mineralization (original) (raw)
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Authors:
- Daniel Müller
- Institute for Mineralogy, Mining-Academy Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
- David I. Groves
- Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits Department of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
Various case studies which are of special interest to practitioners *Tables of characteristic features of ore deposits allowing the reader a quick overview and comparison
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Potassic igneous rocks have gained much attention among petrologists worldwide, mainly due to their distinct geochemistry, and many geoscientists still consider them as petrological curiosities with an obscure petrogenesis. In the past, a plethora of genetic hypotheses and of local names for potassic igneous rocks from different localities have been created. This has produced some confusion in the literature. This book reviews the geochemical and petrological characteristics of the potassic igneous rock complexes and investigates the different tectonic settings in which these rocks occur. The authors provide an overview and a classification of these rocks and attempt to elucidate the geochemical differences between barren and mineralized potassic igneous complexes. Many epithermal gold and porphyry copper-gold deposits are hosted by high-K rocks. Therefore, this book is not only relevant to academic petrologists working on alkaline rocks, but also to exploration geologists prospecting for epithermal gold and/or porphyry copper-gold deposits in modern and ancient terranes. This third, updated and enlarged edition contains several new sections, new geochemical data and additional references.
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Authors and Affiliations
Institute for Mineralogy, Mining-Academy Freiberg, Freiberg, Germany
Daniel Müller
Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits Department of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia
David I. Groves
Bibliographic Information
- Book Title: Potassic Igneous Rocks and Associated Gold-Copper Mineralization
- Authors: Daniel Müller, David I. Groves
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59665-0
- Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
- eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive
- Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin · Heidelberg 2000
- Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64075-9Published: 18 September 2011
- eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-59665-0Published: 06 December 2012
- Edition Number: 3
- Number of Pages: XIII, 252
- Additional Information: Originally published as Volume 56 in the series: Lecture Notes Earth Science
- Topics: Mineral Resources, Geochemistry, Geology, Mineralogy