Overburden geochemical signature of the Lac des Iles platinum group element deposit, northwestern Ontario, Canada

Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1151-1168

  Barnett, Peter J ^a  

^a Ontario Geological Survey   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; STRATIGRAPHY;

AIRBORNE CONTAMINATION; GLACIAL DISPERSAL TRAINS; MINE BLOCK INTRUSION;

MINERALOGY;

GEOCHEMISTRY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSIT; OVERBURDEN; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT;

CANADA; LAC DES ILES MINE; NORTH AMERICA; ONTARIO [CANADA];

EID: 36348962614     PISSN: 00084077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/E06-136     Document Type: Article

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