Precambrian colluvial iron Ores in the Singhbhum craton: Implications for origin, age of BIF-hosted high-grade Iron Ores and stratigraphy of the Iron Ore group

Journal of the Geological Society of India

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 34-42

  Mukhopadhyay, Joydip ^a   Ghosh, Gautam ^a   Beukes, N J ^b   Gutzmer, Jens ^b  

^a PRESIDENCY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Colluvial; Hydrothermal; Iron Ore; Iron Ore Group; Jamba Koira valley; Jharkhand; Orissa; Precambrian; Singhbhum

Indexed keywords

COLLUVIAL DEPOSIT; CONGLOMERATE; CRATON; HEMATITE; IRON ORE; PRECAMBRIAN; PROTEROZOIC; STRATIGRAPHY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; JHARKHAND; ORISSA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34548556008     PISSN: 00167622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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