The Vergenoeg magnetite-fluorite deposit, South Africa: support for a hydrothermal model for massive iron oxide deposits

Economic Geology

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 564-586

  Borrok, David M ^a,c   Kesler, Stephen E ^c   Boer, Rudolf H ^b,c   Essene, Eric J ^d  

^a Box 416   (United States)

^b PHB Consulting Corporation   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORITE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; IRON ORE; ORE DEPOSIT;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0032418655     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.93.5.564     Document Type: Article

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