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Potassic Igneous Rocks and Associated Gold-Copper Mineralization

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  1. Daniel Müller

    1. Placer International Exploration Inc., Las Condes, Santiago, Chile

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  2. David I. Groves

    1. Key Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits, Department of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia

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Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences (LNEARTH, volume 56)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIII
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  2. Introduction

    • Daniel Müller, David I. Groves
    Pages 1-2

  3. Definitions and Nomenclature

    • Daniel Müller, David I. Groves
    Pages 3-10

  4. Tectonic Settings of Potassic Igneous Rocks

    • Daniel Müller, David I. Groves
    Pages 11-38

  6. Primary Enrichment of Precious Metals in Potassic Igneous Rocks

    • Daniel Müller, David I. Groves
    Pages 63-82

  8. Indirect Associations between Lamprophyres and Gold-Copper Deposits

    • Daniel Müller, David I. Groves
    Pages 121-144

  10. Implications for Mineral Exploration

    • Daniel Müller, David I. Groves
    Pages 159-161

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 179-214
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About this book

In recent years, there has been increasing interest from geoscientists in potassic ig­ neous rocks. Academic geoscientists have been interested in their petrogenesis and their potential value in defining the tectonic setting of the terranes into which they were intruded, and exploration geoscientists have become increasingly interested in the association of these rocks with major epithermal gold and porphyry gold-copper deposits. Despite this current interest, there is no comprehensive textbook that deals with these aspects of potassic igneous rocks. This book redresses this situation by elucidating the characteristic features of potassic (high-K) igneous rocks, erecting a hierarchical scheme that allows interpre­ tation of their tectonic setting using whole-rock geochemistry, and investigating their associations with a variety of gold and copper-gold deposits, worldwide. About two­ thirds of the book is based on a PhD thesis by Dr Daniel Muller which was produced at the Key Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits within the Department of Geology and Geophysics at The University of Western Australia under the supervision of Professor David Groves, the late Dr Nick Rock, Professor Eugen Stumpf!, Dr Wayne Taylor, and Dr Brendon Griffin. The remainder of the book has been compiled from the literature using the collective experience of the two authors. The book is dedi­ cated to the memory of Dr Rock who initiated the research project but died before its completion.
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Placer International Exploration Inc., Las Condes, Santiago, Chile

    Daniel Müller

  • Key Centre for Strategic Mineral Deposits, Department of Geology and Geophysics, The University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Australia

    David I. Groves

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Potassic Igneous Rocks and Associated Gold-Copper Mineralization

  • Authors: Daniel Müller, David I. Groves

  • Series Title: Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-00920-8

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1995

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-00920-8Published: 17 April 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0930-0317

  • Series E-ISSN: 1613-2580

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIII, 214

  • Number of Illustrations: 66 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Geology, Mineralogy, Mineral Resources

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