Shale-hosted Ni-(Cu-PGE) mineralisation: A global overview

Transactions of the Institutions of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 187-197

  Jowitt, S M ^a   Keays, R R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bioheapleaching; Hydrothermal Ni mineralisation; SEDEX; Sediment hosted Ni; Shale; Synsedimentary; VMS

Indexed keywords

BIOHEAPLEACHING; MINERALISATION; SEDEX; SYNSEDIMENTARY; VMS;

DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; GOLD DEPOSITS; HOT SPRINGS; MANGANESE; MINERALOGY; NICKEL DEPOSITS; SEAWATER; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SULFUR; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

SHALE;

COPPER; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HOST ROCK; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERAL RESOURCE; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENT; SEDIMENTARY BASIN; SHALE;

APPALACHIAN BASIN; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CHINA; FINLAND; MID-ATLANTIC RIDGE; OGCHEON BELT; SELWYN BASIN; SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84869054594     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: 17432758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1743275812Z.00000000026     Document Type: Article

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