Giant hydrothermal hematite deposits with Mg-Fe metasomatism: A comparison of the Carajás, Hamersley, and other iron ores

Economic Geology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1793-1800

  Dalstra, Hilke ^a   Guedes, Sergio ^b  

^a Rio Tinto Exploration Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^b CVRD   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BANDED IRON FORMATION (BIF); HEMATITE DEPOSITS; METASOMATISM; MINERALIZATIONS;

IRON ORES; ORE DEPOSITS; TEMPERATURE; WEATHERING;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

HEMATITE; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; METASOMATISM; ORE DEPOSIT;

BRAZIL; CARAJAS; PARA [BRAZIL]; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 16444387369     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.99.8.1793     Document Type: Article

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