The distribution of base metals and platinum-group elements in magnetitite and its host rocks in the Rio Jacaré Intrusion, northeastern Brazil

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 333-348

  Sa J H S ^a   Barnes, S J ^b   Prichard, H M ^c   Fisher, P C ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPRECIPITATION; DISTRIBUTION OF BASE METALS; MAGMA FLUIDS; PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENTS;

COMPLEXATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; MAGNETITE; PLATINUM ALLOYS; SILICATE MINERALS; VOLCANOES;

ROCKS;

MAGNETITE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 21344474110     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.2.333     Document Type: Article

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