Mineralogical and S isotopic features of the supergene profile of the Zapadno-Ozernoe massive sulphide and Au-bearing gossan deposit, South Urals

Mineralogical Magazine

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 339-354

  Belogub, E V ^a   Novoselov, C A ^a   Spiro, B ^b   Yakovleva, B A ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b NATURAL ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Beudantite; Dzharkenite; Galena; Gossan; Jarosite; Metacinnabar; Oxidation zone; S isotopes; Se; Secondary sulphides; Segnitite; Supergene zone; Tiemannite; Weathering

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; ISOTOPES; SULFUR;

REDOX BOUNDARY;

MINERALOGY;

GOSSAN; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; SUPERGENE PROCESS; ZONATION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

EID: 0038798011     PISSN: 0026461X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1180/0026461036720105     Document Type: Article

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