Multicomponent elemental and isotopic mixing in Ni-Cu-(PGE) ores at Kambalda, Western Australia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 421-446

  Lesher, C M ^a   Burnham, O M ^a  

^a Mnrl Exploration Research Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

Australia; Copper (Cu); Kambalda; Mass balance; Mixing; Nickel (Ni); Platinum group elements (PGE); Xenolith; Xenomelt; Xenovolatile

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; COPPER NICKEL DEPOSITS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ISOTOPES; MELTING; ROCKS; SILICATES; SULFUR; VAPORIZATION;

ISOTOPIC MIXING;

MINERALOGY;

COPPER; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASS BALANCE; NICKEL; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; XENOLITH;

AUSTRALIA; KAMBALDA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0035300029     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.39.2.421     Document Type: Article

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