Genesis of itabirite-hosted Au-Pd-Pt-bearing hematite-(quartz) veins, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Constraints from fluid inclusion infrared microthermometry, bulk crush-leach analysis and U-Pb systematics

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 289-306

  Lüders, Volker ^a   Romer, Rolf L ^a   Cabral, Alexandre R ^b,e   Schmidt, Christian ^a   Banks, David A ^c   Schneider, Jens ^d  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Au Pd Pt; Fluid inclusions; Infrared microscopy; Jacutinga veins; Minas Gerais; U Pb

Indexed keywords

GOLD; MINERALIZATION; PARAGENESIS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 27844570308     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-005-0024-8     Document Type: Article

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