Combination of novel mineralogical methods in the study of noble metal ores - Focus on pristine (Bushveld, Great Dyke) and placer platinum mineralisation

Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 187-193

  Oberthur T ^a   Melcher, F ^a   Sitnikova, M ^a   Rudashevsky, N S ^b   Rudashevsky, V N ^b   Cabri, L J ^c   Lodziak, J ^a   Klosa, D ^a   Gast, L ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

^b Mineral Consulting   (Russian Federation)

^c Mineral Consulting Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORE DRILLING; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LITHOLOGY; METAL RECOVERY; MINERALOGY; MINING; ORE ANALYSIS; ORES; PLACERS; PLATINUM; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; PLATINUM METALS; PRECIOUS METALS; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SULFIDE MINERALS;

BUSHVELD COMPLEXES; DISAGGREGATION; DRILL CORES; EFFECTIVE TOOLS; ELECTRIC PULSES; EPD TECHNIQUES; HEAVY MINERALS; HS METHODS; HYDROSEPARATION; MINERAL GRAINS; MINERAL LIBERATIONS; MINERAL PHASES; MINERAL- ASSEMBLAGES; MINERALISATION; NOBLE METALS; ORE MINERALS; SOUTH AFRICA; TOTAL RECOVERIES; ZIMBABWE;

MINERALS;

EID: 58049137432     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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