Sulfide detection in drill core from the Stillwater Complex using visible/near-infrared imaging spectroscopy

Geophysics

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 1561-1568

  Bolin, Brock J ^a   Moon, Thomas S ^a  

^a MONTANA TECH OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CORE DRILLING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; SPECTROMETRY; SULFIDE MINERALS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DRILLS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GEOCHEMISTRY; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INFILL DRILLING; METAL IONS; METALS; MINERALS; ORES; REEFS; SPECTROMETERS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY (NIS); ANISOTROPIC SCATTERING; DOWNHOLE INSTRUMENTATIONS; GEOPHYSICAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; METAL ION SUBSTITUTION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; ULTRAVIOLET ABSORPTION; VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; CORE DRILLING;

DETECTION METHOD; IMAGING METHOD; MASSIVE SULFIDE; ORE GRADE; SPECTROSCOPY;

MONTANA; STILLWATER COMPLEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0242493880     PISSN: 00168033     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1190/1.1620630     Document Type: Article

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