Platinum-group elements-Co-Ni-Fe sulfarsenides and mineral paragenesis in Cu-Ni-platinum-group elements deposits, Copper Cliff North Area, Sudbury, Canada

Economic Geology

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1459-1470

  Szentpéteri, Krisztián ^a   Watkinson, David H ^b   Molnár, Ferenc ^a   Jones, Peter C ^b  

^a EÖTVÖS LORÁND UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES;

CRYSTALLIZATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SILICATES; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SOLUTIONS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

COPPER; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; PARAGENESIS; PETROLOGY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

CANADA;

EID: 0036873260     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.97.7.1459     Document Type: Article

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