PGE-Ag-Au mineralization in a Cu-Fe-Ni sulphide-rich breccia zone of the Precambrian Nuasahi ultramafic-mafic complex, Orissa, India

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 473-482

  Baidya, Tapan K ^a   Mondal, S K ^b   Balaram, V ^c   Parthasarathy, R ^d   Verma, R ^d   Mathur, P K ^d  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL GLASS AND CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^d BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Breccia zone; Chromite sulphide assemblage; Economic geology; Nuasahi; Orissa; PGE Ag Au; Ultramafic mafic complex

Indexed keywords

COPPER; GOLD; IRON; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; PLATINUM; SILVER;

INDIA;

EID: 0033232651     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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