Petrogenesis of contact-style PGE mineralization in the northern lobe of the Bushveld Complex: Comparison of data from the farms Rooipoort, Townlands, Drenthe and Nonnenwerth

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 255-280

  Maier, W D ^a   de Klerk, L ^b   Blaine, J ^b   Manyeruke, T ^c   Barnes, S J ^d   Stevens, M V A ^e   Mavrogenes, J A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Caledonia Mining Corporation   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bushveld Complex; Contact style mineralization; Platinum group elements; Platreef; South Africa

Indexed keywords

ANORTHOSITE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHROMITITE; COOLING; CRYSTALLIZATION; MAGMA CHEMISTRY; MINERALIZATION; PETROGENESIS; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); PYROXENITE; SULFIDE; XENOLITH;

AFRICA; BENELUX; BUSHVELD COMPLEX; DRENTHE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 41249090738     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-007-0145-3     Document Type: Article

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