Deposition, diagenesis, and secondary enrichment of metals in the paleoproterozoic Hotazel Iron Formation, Kalahari manganese field, South Africa

Economic Geology

Volumn 98, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1449-1462

  Tsikos, Harilaos ^a   Beukes, Nicolas J ^a   Moore, John M ^b   Harris, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SEDIMENTARY PRECURSORS;

CARBONATE MINERALS; DISSOLUTION; IRON; LEACHING; MINERAL RESOURCES; ORES; OXIDATION; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY;

MANGANESE DEPOSITS;

DEPOSITION; DIAGENESIS; ENRICHMENT; IRON ORE; MANGANESE DEPOSIT; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC;

AFRICA; NORTHERN CAPE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 0742302283     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.98.7.1449     Document Type: Article

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