The location of the chalcophile and siderophile elements in platinum-group element ore deposits (a textural, microbeam and whole rock geochemical study): Implications for the formation of the deposits

Chemical Geology

Volumn 248, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 295-317

  Barnes, Sarah Jane ^a   Prichard, Hazel M ^b   Cox, Richard A ^a   Fisher, Peter C ^b   Godel, Belinda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chalcopyrite; Highly siderophile elements; In situ; Pentlandite; Platinum group elements; Pyrrohoite

Indexed keywords

COOLING; EXSOLUTION; GEOCHEMISTRY; METAMORPHISM; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE MINERAL; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; RECRYSTALLIZATION; SIDEROPHILE ELEMENT; SULFIDE GROUP; TEXTURE;

AFRICA; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FINLAND; LAPPI [FINLAND]; NORTHERN EUROPE; PENIKAT COMPLEX; SCANDINAVIA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 40749146282     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2007.08.004     Document Type: Article

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