Petrographic and geochemical characteristics of postmagmatic hydrothermal alteration and mineralization in the J-M reef, Stillwater Complex, Montana

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 261-277

  Polovina, Joseph S ^a   Hudson, Donald M ^a   Jones, Robert E ^b  

^a Stanford University ^*  (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alteration; Cl rich amphibole; Geochemistry; Hydrothermal; J M Reef; Layered intrusion; Montana; Palladium; Petrography; Platinum; Stillwater Complex

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; PETROLOGY; PLATINUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; SULFIDE MINERALS; TEXTURES;

MINERLIZATION; POSTMAGMATIC HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION;

MINERALOGY;

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; MINERALOGY; ORE BODY; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SILICATE MINERAL; SULFIDE; TEXTURE;

MONTANA; NORTH AMERICA; STILLWATER COMPLEX; UNITED STATES;

EID: 3142773657     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.261     Document Type: Article

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