Geochemistry and mineralogy of neoproterozoic banded iron-formations and some selected, siliceous manganese formations from the Urucum district, Mato Crosso Do Sul, Brazil

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1233-1244

  Klein, Cornelis ^a   Ladeira, Eduardo A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Geologia e Tecnologia Mineral Ltda   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON-FORMATIONS; BANDED-IRON FORMATION (BIF); IRON ORE DEPOSITS;

GEOCHEMISTRY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; IRON METALLURGY; ORES; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTS; WEATHERING;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BANDED IRON FORMATION; GEOCHEMISTRY; MANGANESE DEPOSIT; MINERALOGY; ORE DEPOSIT; PROTEROZOIC;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SOUTH AMERICA; URUCUM MINE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12344315914     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.6.1233     Document Type: Article

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