Mineralogy and trace-element geochemistry of the high-grade iron ores of the Águas Claras Mine and comparison with the Capão Xavier and Tamanduá iron ore deposits, Quadrilátero Ferrífero, Brazil

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 229-254

  Spier, Carlos Alberto ^a   de Oliveira, Sonia Maria Barros ^b   Rosière, Carlos Alberto ^c   Ardisson, José Domingos ^d  

^a USP ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^d CENTRO DE DESENVOLVIMENTO DA TECNOLOGIA NUCLEAR   (Brazil)

Author keywords

guas Claras; Banded iron; Brazil; Cap o Xavier; Formation; Iron ore; Itabirite; Quadril tro Ferr fero; Tamandu

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FORMATION MECHANISM; GEOCHEMISTRY; HEMATITE; IRON ORE; MINERALOGY; ORE BODY; SUPERGENE PROCESS; TRACE ELEMENT;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; QUADRILATERO FERRIFERO; SOUTH AMERICA;

TAMANDUA;

EID: 39349091409     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0157-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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