"Ouro preto" found at Timbopeba iron-ore deposit, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Neues Jahrbuch fur Geologie und Palaontologie - Abhandlungen

Volumn 253, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-23

  Galbiatti, Henry F ^a   Cabral, Alexandre R ^b   Lehmann, Bernd ^c   Kwitko Ribeiro, Rogerio ^a  

^a VALE S A   (Brazil)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brazil; Haematite ore; Minas gerais; Ouro preto; Palladiferous gold; Pd o phase(s); Quadril tero ferr fero; Timbopeba

Indexed keywords

CRACK PROPAGATION; GOLD; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PALLADIUM;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS;

EID: 77951429137     PISSN: 00777749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0077-7749/2009/0253-0015     Document Type: Article

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