Cu-Ni-PGE mineralizaiton in the Genina Gharbia mafic-ultramafic intrusion, Eastern Desert, Egypt

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 351-370

  Helmy, Hassan M ^a  

^a MINIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Genesis; Genina Gharbia; Platinum group minerals; Tellurides

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; FLUIDS; ORES; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; SHEARING;

FAULTING; PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS (PGM); PYROXENITE;

MINERALOGY;

COPPER; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; MAGMATISM; METALLOGENESIS; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PRECAMBRIAN; STRUCTURAL CONTROL;

AFRICA; EASTERN DESERT; EGYPT; NORTH AFRICA;

EID: 3142723323     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.351     Document Type: Article

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