Iron ore genesis and post-ore metasomatism at Mount Tom Price

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

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 56-67

  Morris, Richard C ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Iron ore genesis; Mount Tom Price; Post ore metasomatism

Indexed keywords

BRINES; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; IRON DEPOSITS; LEACHING; MAGNETITE; OXIDATION; RECRYSTALLIZATION (METALLURGY); STRATIGRAPHY; WEATHERING;

HYPOGENE GENETIC MODEL; POST-ORE METASOMATISM;

IRON METALLURGY;

IRON ORE; METALLOGENESIS; METASOMATISM; SUPERGENE PROCESS;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; HAMERSLEY BASIN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 1142302257     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174503225011216     Document Type: Article

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