Hydrothermal origin of soft hematite ore in the Quadrilátero Ferrífero of Minas Gerais, Brazil: Petrographic evidence from the Gongo Soco iron ore deposit

Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-286

  Cabral, Alexandre Raphael ^a   Rocha Filho, Orlando Garcia ^a   Jones, Richard David ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Minas Gerais; Petrography; Soft hematite ore

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; IRON METALLURGY; MINING;

FOLIATION; HEMATITIZATION;

IRON ORES;

HEMATITE; HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; IRON ORE; LAMINATION; MICROSTRUCTURE; ORE DEPOSIT; PETROGRAPHY;

BRAZIL; GONGO SOCO MINE; MINAS GERAIS; QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0742322844     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174503225011315     Document Type: Article

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