Leaching of silica bands and concentration of magnetite in Archean BIF by hypogene fluids: Beebyn Fe ore deposit, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia

Mineralium Deposita

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 341-370

  Duuring, Paul ^a   Hagemann, Steffen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Beebyn; Hematite; Iron; Magnetite; Weld Range

Indexed keywords

ARCHEAN; BANDED IRON FORMATION; HEMATITE; IRON ORE; LEACHING; MAGNETITE; MINERAL ALTERATION; ORE DEPOSIT; SHEAR ZONE; SILICA;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA; YILGARN BLOCK;

EID: 84874360578     PISSN: 00264598     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00126-012-0428-1     Document Type: Article

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