Magnetic signature of magnetite-enriched rocks hosting platinum-group element mineralization within the Archean Boston Creek Flow, Ontario

Geophysics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 440-445

  Larson, Michelle S ^a,b   Stone, William E ^a,b   Morris, William A ^c   Crocket, James H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^c MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGY; LOCATION; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOMETERS; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; PYRITES; ROCKS; SILICATE MINERALS; EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; PLATINUM METALS;

EXPLORATION STRATEGIES; EXPLORATION TOOLS; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; MAGNETIC ANOMALIES; MAGNETIC SIGNATURES; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; PLATINUM GROUP MINERALS; RESIDUAL MAGNETIC FIELDS;

GEOCHEMICAL SURVEYS; MAGNETIC PROSPECTING;

MAGNETITE ENRICHED ROCKS;

MAGNETIC METHOD; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

CANADA, ONTARIO;

EID: 0032030013     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1444344     Document Type: Article

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