The platinum-group minerals of the Baimka placer deposits, Aluchin horst, Russian Far East

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1117-1129

  Gornostayev, Stanislav S ^a,d   Crocket, James H ^b   Mochalov, Alexander G ^c   Laajoki, Kauko V O ^d  

^a NATIONAL MINING UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Alaskan Ural type complex; Chukotka; Electron microprobe analysis; Nuggets; Placers; Platinum group minerals; Russia

Indexed keywords

MINERALIZATION; PLACER DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0033507778     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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