Sulfides and sulfarsenides from the rosie nickel prospect, duketon greenstone belt, Western Australia

Economic Geology

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-294

  Godel, Bélinda ^a   González Álvarez, Ignacio ^a   Barnes, Stephen J ^a   Barnes, Sarah Jane ^b   Parker, Paull ^c   Day, Jamie ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

^c Independence Group NL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE METALS; BLACK SHALES; GREENSTONE BELTS; IN-SITU; KOMATIITE; MAGMA FLOW; MINERAL CHEMISTRY; ORE-TYPE; PILOT STUDIES; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; SULFIDE MELT; SULFIDE MINERALIZATION; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; IRON ORES; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; ORE ANALYSIS; ORE DEPOSITS; PETROGRAPHY; SHALE; SILICATES;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ARSENITE; BLACK SHALE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; GEOCHEMISTRY; GREENSTONE BELT; KOMATIITE; MASSIVE SULFIDE; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; ORE BODY; PENTLANDITE; PYRRHOTITE;

AUSTRALIA; DUKETON TERRANE; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 84858632752     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.107.2.275     Document Type: Article

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