Geology, mineral chemistry and tourmaline B isotopes of the Córrego Bom Sucesso area, southern Serra do Espinhaço, Minas Gerais, Brazil: Implications for Au-Pd-Pt exploration in quartzitic terrain

Journal of Geochemical Exploration

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 260-277

  Cabral, Alexandre Raphael ^a,b   Lehmann, Bernd ^b   Tupinambá, Miguel ^c   Wiedenbeck, Michael ^d   Brauns, Michael ^e  

^a RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

^e University of Tübingen and Curt Engelhorn Zentrum Archäometrie   (Germany)

Author keywords

Au Pd Pt; Boron isotopes; Brazil; Minas Gerais; Placer gold; Titaniferous hematite

Indexed keywords

AU-PD-PT; BORON ISOTOPES; BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; TITANIFEROUS HEMATITE;

BORON; BORON COMPOUNDS; DIAMOND DEPOSITS; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; HEMATITE; INTERMETALLICS; IRON ORES; ISOTOPES; MINERALOGY; PLATINUM; QUARTZ; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIUM;

PALLADIUM;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BORON ISOTOPE; DIAMOND; GEOCHEMISTRY; GOLD; HEMATITE; METASOMATISM; MINERALIZATION; ORE DEPOSIT; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; QUARTZ; TOURMALINE;

BRAZIL; MINAS GERAIS; SERRA DO ESPINHACO;

EID: 80051676155     PISSN: 03756742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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