Trace element zoning in pyrite determined by PIXE elemental mapping: Evidence for varying ore-fluid composition and electrochemical precipitation of gold at the Spitskop deposit, Saldania Belt, South Africa

X-Ray Spectrometry

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 174-180

  Belcher, R W ^a   Rozendaal, A ^a   Przybylowicz, W J ^b,c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b MATERIALS RESEARCH GROUP   (South Africa)

^c AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GOLD DEPOSITS; PILES; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); TECTONICS; TRACE ELEMENTS; ZONING;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; ELEMENTAL MAPPING; FLUID COMPOSITION; GOLD MINERALIZATION; INVISIBLE GOLDS; MESOTHERMAL; NEOPROTEROZOIC; ORE FLUIDS; SOUTH AFRICA; TRACES ELEMENTS;

PYRITES;

EID: 2442418877     PISSN: 00498246     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/xrs.680     Document Type: Conference Paper

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