Karst-hosted fresh-water paleoproterozoic manganese deposits, Postmasburg, South Africa

Economic Geology

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 1435-1454

  Gutzmer, Jens ^a   Beukes, Nicolas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIXBYITE; BRAUNITE; FRESHWATER; KARST; MANGANESE; MINERALIZATION; PARTRIDGEITE; PROTEROZOIC;

SOUTH AFRICA, NORTHERN CAPE PROVINCE, POSTMASBURG;

EID: 0030422661     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.91.8.1435     Document Type: Article

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