On the association of Palladium-bearing gold, hematite and gypsum in an ouro preto nugget

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 473-478

  Cabral, Alexandre Raphael ^a   Lehmann, Bernd ^a   Kwitko Riberio, Rogerio ^b   Jones, Richard D ^c   Rocha Filho, Orlando G ^d  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b VALE S A   (Brazil)

^c Mina do Gongo Soco ^*  (United States)

^d Mina do Gongo Soco   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Gongo Soco; Hematite gypsum mineral assemblage; Isomertieite; Mertieite II; Minas Gerais; Ouro preto; Pd bearing gold; Pd O coating

Indexed keywords

DEHYDRATION; FRACTURE; GOLD; GYPSUM; PALLADIUM; TECTONICS;

HEMATITE;

MINERAL RESOURCES;

GOLD; GYPSUM; HEMATITE; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PALLADIUM;

BRAZIL; GONGO SOCO; MINAS GERAIS STATE;

EID: 0037670714     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.41.2.473     Document Type: Article

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