Complex multistage genesis for the Ni-Cu-PGE mineralisation in the southern region of the Platreef, Bushveld Complex, South Africa

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

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2005, Pages

  Hutchinson, Dave ^a   Kinnaird, Judith A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Contamination; Felsic melts; Northern limb; PGE redistribution; Platinum group minerals; Platreef

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL GEOCHEMISTRY; CONTAMINATION; COPPER NICKEL DEPOSITS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; INFILTRATION; LITHOLOGY; PETROGRAPHY; PHASE COMPOSITION; PLATINUM METAL COMPOUNDS; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

COMPOSITE SULPHIDES; FELSIC MELTS; MINERALISATION; MULTISTAGE GENESIS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT (PGE); PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS; PLATREEF;

MINERALOGY;

METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 29544448868     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174505X82125     Document Type: Article

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