Hydrothermal Ni: Doriri Creek, Papua New Guinea

Ore Geology Reviews

Volumn 52, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-57

  Gonzalez Alvarez I ^a,b   Sweetapple, M ^a   Lindley, I D ^c   Kirakar, J ^c  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Papuan Precious Metals Corp   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal Ni; Mineral exploration; Mineral systems; Papua New Guinea; Papuan Ultramafic Belt

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE VOLCANOES; HYDROTHERMAL FLUIDS; LIGHT RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; MAGNETITE CONCENTRATION; MINERAL SYSTEMS; PAPUA NEW GUINEA; THERMAL ACTIVITY; TROPICAL WEATHERING;

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALOGY; OLIVINE; PHOSPHATE MINERALS; PLATINUM; SERPENTINE; WEATHERING;

NICKEL;

HYDROTHERMAL ALTERATION; HYDROTHERMAL DEPOSIT; HYDROTHERMAL FLUID; MINERAL EXPLORATION; MINERALIZATION; NICKEL; ORE DEPOSIT; RARE EARTH ELEMENT;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA;

EID: 84875258364     PISSN: 01691368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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