Enzyme leach anomalies associated with deep Mississippi Valley-type zinc ore bodies at the Elmwood mine, Tennessee

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 61, Issue 1-3, 1998, Pages 103-112

  Yeager, James R ^a   Clark, J Robert ^a   Mitchell, Wallace ^b   Renshaw, Roy ^c  

^a ACTLABS   (United States)

^b Savage Zinc Inc   (United States)

^c 615 Comet Drive ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENZYME LEACHING; MANGANESE OXIDE;

ENZYMES; LEACHING; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SOILS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZINC MINES;

EXPLORATORY GEOCHEMISTRY;

ENZYME LEACH; ZINC ORE;

USA;

EID: 0032071203     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-6742(98)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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