Petrology and Ni-Cu-PGE potential of the Insizwa lobe Mount Ayliff Intrusion, South Africa

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-324

  Cawthorn, R Grant ^a   Kruger, Johan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Insizwa; Karoo magmatism; Magnesian magma; Mount Ayliff Instrusion; Multiple intrusive events; Ni depletion; South Africa; Sr isotopes; Sulfide mineralization

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ISOTOPES; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; ROCKS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

MINERALIZATION; MOUNT AYLIFF, SOUTH AFRICA;

PETROLOGY;

COPPER; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; PETROLOGY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SULFIDE; ULTRAMAFIC ROCK;

AFRICA; EASTERN CAPE; MOUNT AYLIFF; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 3142680910     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.303     Document Type: Article

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