Genetic relationships between base-metal sulfides and platinum-group minerals in the Yangliuping Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposit, southwestern China

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 469-483

  Song, Xie Yan ^a,b   Zhou, Mei Fu ^a   Cao, Zhi Min ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Base metal sulfides; China; Fractional crystallization; Platinum group minerals; Sulfide melt; Yangliuping

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FOOTWALL FRACTURES; SULFIDE DEPOSIT;

MINERALOGY;

BASE METAL; MASSIVE SULFIDE; METALLOGENESIS; ORE DEPOSIT; PARAGENESIS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

ASIA; CHINA; DANBA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; SICHUAN;

EID: 3142664715     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.469     Document Type: Article

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