Zinc-germanium ores of the Tres Marias Mine, Chihuahua, Mexico

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 363-370

  Saini Eidukat, Bernhardt ^a   Melcher, Frank ^b   Lodziak, Jerzy ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Germanium; Mexico; Mississippi Valley type; Sphalerite; Tres Marias; Willemite

Indexed keywords

GERMANIUM; LOW TEMPERATURE; MINERAL ALTERATION; MINERALIZATION; ORE BODY; SPHALERITE; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

CHIHUAHUA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; MISSISSIPPI VALLEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 62649143186     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-008-0222-2     Document Type: Article

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