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The new type of copper deposits concerned with in this paper are vein copper deposits found in the Lanping-Simao Rift Basin, Yunnan, China. As is indicated by H, O, C, S, Pb and Sr isotopes, water and mineralizers in the ore-forming fluids were derived from heated meteoric water and mantle, respectively. The metallic elements (Cu, Ag, Pb, Zn, As, Sb, Fe, REE, etc.) are characterized by a mixed source from the crust and the mantle.
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Wen, Y., Chaoyang, L., Weimin, F. et al. The material source of a new type of copper deposits—Evidence from stable isotopes. Chin. J. of Geochem. 14, 168–178 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02873300
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02873300