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Cenozoic mineral deposits and subduction-related magmatic arcs in Mexico
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Cenozoic mineral deposits and subduction-related magmatic arcs in Mexico

Kenneth F Clark, C. Thomas Foster and Paul E Damon
Geological Society of America bulletin, Vol.93(6), pp.533-544
Relationships between variations in the subduction of oceanic plates and variations in the magmatic and mineralogic substances believed to be the products of subduction
06/1982
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1982)93<533:CMDASM>2.0.CO;2

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Abstract

A migratory magmatic arc developed in N Mexico between 140 and 18 m.y. ago. Calcic, calc-alkaline and alkaline rocks developed, accompanied by Cu, Mo, W, CaF (sub 2) , Pb, Zn and Ag mineralization.
Benioff zone calc-alkalic composition Cenozoic crust economic geology Economic geology, geology of ore deposits genesis igneous processes island arcs magmas metal ores metallogeny Mexico mineral deposits, genesis oceanic crust plate geometry plate tectonics pollution processes structural controls subduction tectonophysics volcanism

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