Primary platinum mineralization in the Nizhny Tagil and Kachkanar Ultramafic Complexes, Urals, Russia: A genetic model for PGE concentration in chromite-rich zones

Economic Geology

Volumn 100, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 707-732

  Augé, Thierry ^a   Genna, Antonin ^a   Legendre, Olivier ^a   Ivanov, Kirill S ^b   Volchenko, Yuri A ^b  

^a BRGM   (France)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOCHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMITE-FREE FACIES; MINERALIZATION; PLATINUM-GROUP ELEMENT (PGE); RUSSIA; SERPENTINIZATION-RELATED LOW-TEMPERATURE STOICHIOMETRY;

CHROMITE DEPOSITS; COMPOSITION; COPPER; GOLD; LEAD ALLOYS; LITHOLOGY; PLATINUM; STOICHIOMETRY;

MINERALOGY;

CHROMITE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PLATINUM; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

EURASIA; URALS;

EID: 31644435713     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.100.4.707     Document Type: Article

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