The global distribution of zinc mineralisation, an analysis based on a new zinc deposits database

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

Volumn 113, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Penney, S Russell ^a   Allen, R Mark ^b   Harrisson, Steve ^c   Lees, Terry C ^d   Murphy, Finbarr C ^e   Norman, A R ^f  

^a NGM Resources Limited   (Australia)

^b CSA Australia Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^c Geomix Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^d MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^f GeoCentric Exploration P/L   (Australia)

Author keywords

Global Mineral Occurrences Database (GMOD); Zinc

Indexed keywords

DATABASE SYSTEMS; DEPOSITS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; ZINC DEPOSITS;

GLOBAL DISTRIBUTION; GLOBAL MINERAL OCCURRENCES DATABASE (GMOD); ZINC MINERAL; ZINC MINERALIZATION;

MINERAL RESOURCES;

MINERALIZATION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; ZINC;

EID: 19644386041     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174504225005672     Document Type: Article

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