Seleniferous minerals of palladium and platinum from ouro preto-bearing mineralisation in Brazil

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 32, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 681-688

  Cabral, Alexandre Raphael ^a,b   Lehmann, Bernd ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Brazil; Gongo Soco; Itabira; Ouro preto; Pd Pt Se bearing minerals; Serra Pelada

Indexed keywords

AURIFEROUS MINERALISATIONS; OURO PRETO; SELENIFEROUS MINERALS;

BRAZIL; GOLD DEPOSITS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MINERALOGY; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM;

SELENIUM;

GOLD; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MINERALIZATION; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; SELENIUM;

BRAZIL; GONGO SOCO MINE; MINAS GERAIS; OURO PRETO; SOUTH AMERICA;

JUNCUS;

EID: 35748938448     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2005.02.006     Document Type: Article

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