Distribution of platinum-group and chalcophile elements in the Aguablanca Ni-Cu sulfide deposit (SW Spain): Evidence from a LA-ICP-MS study

Chemical Geology

Volumn 302-303, Issue , 2012, Pages 61-75

  Pina R ^a   Gervilla, F ^b   Barnes, S J ^c   Ortega, L ^a   Lunar, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aguablanca; Base metal sulfides; Laser ablation; Platinum group elements; Pyrite

Indexed keywords

AGUABLANCA; BASE METALS; BASE-METAL SULFIDES; CHALCOPHILE ELEMENTS; COMBINED EFFECT; EXSOLUTION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; LA-ICP-MS; LASER-ABLATION INDUCTIVELY-COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; METAL ABUNDANCES; MONOSULFIDE SOLID SOLUTIONS; ORE-TYPE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; PLATINUM-GROUP; PLATINUM-GROUP MINERALS; SULFIDE DEPOSIT; SULFIDE MELT; SW SPAIN;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; BISMUTH; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COPPER DEPOSITS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GOLD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; IRIDIUM; IRON ORES; LASER ABLATION; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; OSMIUM; PARAFFIN WAXES; PLATINUM; PYRITES; RHENIUM; RHODIUM; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

PALLADIUM;

CHALCOPYRITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXSOLUTION; FRACTIONAL CRYSTALLIZATION; HOST ROCK; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; ORE DEPOSIT; PENTLANDITE; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; PYRITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

AGUABLANCA MINE; EXTREMADURA; SPAIN;

EID: 84858151025     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.02.010     Document Type: Article

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