Origin of high-grade iron ores at the thabazimbi deposit, South Africa

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 57-65

  Gutzmer, J ^a   Beukes, N J ^a   De Kock, M O ^a   Netshiozwi, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

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Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; CALCITE; CALCIUM; CARBONATE MINERALS; CARBONATION; GALLIUM; HEMATITE; IRON COMPOUNDS; IRON DEPOSITS; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE ANALYSIS; ORE DEPOSIT GEOLOGY; ORE DEPOSITS; OXIDE MINERALS; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SILVER DEPOSITS; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TECTONICS; WEATHERING;

AQUEOUS FLUIDS; BUSHVELD COMPLEXES; CENOZOIC; CONTACT METAMORPHISMS; DOLOSTONES; FLUID INCLUSIONS; HEMATITE ORES; HYDROTHERMAL ORE FORMATIONS; LAND SURFACES; LATE MESOZOIC; ORE FORMATIONS; RED BEDS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ORES;

EID: 47849087355     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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