Effective resource estimates for primary diamond deposits from the EKATI Diamond Mine™, Canada

Lithos

Volumn 76, Issue 1-4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 317-335

  Dyck, D R ^a   Oshust, P A ^a   Carlson, J A ^a   Nowicki, T E ^b   Mullins, M P ^c  

^a BHP Billiton Diamonds Inc   (Canada)

^b Mineral Services Canada Inc   (Canada)

^c BHP BILLITON   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diamond mining; Economic; Kimberlite; Resource estimation

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND; KIMBERLITE; MINERAL DEPOSIT; MODELING; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NORTHWEST TERRITORIES;

EID: 4444288245     PISSN: 00244937     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lithos.2004.03.045     Document Type: Article

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