Supergene sulphides and related minerals in the supergene profiles of VHMS deposits from the South Urals

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 239-254

  Belogub, E V ^a   Novoselov, K A ^a   Yakovleva, V A ^b   Spiro, B ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF MINERALOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ST PETERSBURG STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Selenide; Sulphide; Sulphosalts; Sulphur isotopes; Supergene zoning; Urals; Volcanis cyrillic hosted massive sulphide deposits

Indexed keywords

FRAMBOIDAL PYRITE; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC COLLOFORM; PYRITE-DZHARKENITE; SUPERGENE ZONING;

ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; PYRITES; QUARTZ; STOICHIOMETRY; SULFIDE MINERALS;

ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY;

ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MINERAL DEPOSIT; OXIDATION; SULFOSALT GROUP; SUPERGENE PROCESS; WATER TABLE;

ASIA; CYPRUS; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URALS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 43449138174     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.03.008     Document Type: Article

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