Platinum group elements (PGE) geochemistry of Baimazhai Ni-Cu sulfide deposit and its constraints on the ore genesis

Acta Geologica Sinica (English Edition)

Volumn 80, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1474-1486

  Wang, Shengwei ^a   Sun, Xiaoming ^a,b   Shi, Guiyong ^a   Xiong, Dexin ^a,c   Zai, Wei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Key Laboratory of Crust Mantle Evolution and Mineralization   (China)

^c ZHAOQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Baimazhai; Emeishan large igneous Province; Jinping; Magmatic Cu Ni deposit; Platinum group elements; Yunnan province

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; DIKE; EVOLUTION; GABBRO; GEOCHEMISTRY; IGNEOUS INTRUSION; LAMPROPHYRE; MANTLE PLUME; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PERIDOTITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SATURATION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; YUNNAN;

EID: 33845948688     PISSN: 10009515     EISSN: 17556724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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