Effects of mass transfer, compaction and secondary porosity on hydrothermal upgrading of Paleoproterozoic sedimentary manganese ore in the Kalahari manganese field, South Africa

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 250-256

  Gutzmer, J ^a   Beukes, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; MANGANESE; MASS TRANSFER; MINERALIZATION; SECONDARY POROSITY;

SOUTH AFRICA, CAPE PROVINCE, KALAHARI MANGANESE FIELD;

EID: 0030801621     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001260050090     Document Type: Article

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