Apatite nodules as an indicator of depositional environment and ore genesis for the Mesoproterozoic Broken Hill- type Gamsberg Zn- Pb deposit, Namaqua Province, South Africa

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 189-203

  Stalder, Marcel ^a   Rozendaal, Abraham ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Apatite; Broken Hill type; Gamsberg Zn Pb deposit; Phosphorites; Proterozoic

Indexed keywords

APATITE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; LEAD; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; PHOSPHORITE; ZINC;

AFRICA; NAMAQUALAND; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 1842763793     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-003-0394-8     Document Type: Article

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