Automated scanning electron microscopy (QEMSCAN®)-based mineral identification and quantification of the Jabali Zn-Pb-Ag nonsulfide deposit (Yemen)

Economic Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1083-1099

  Santoro, L ^a   Rollinson, G K ^b   Boni, M ^a   Mondillo, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDRAULIC SERVOMECHANISMS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LEAD DEPOSITS; LEAD ZINC DEPOSITS; MANGANESE; MINERALS; PETROGRAPHY; RECOVERY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATES; SILVER; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

ECONOMIC MINERALS; HIGH QUALITY INFORMATION; MINERAL IDENTIFICATION; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE-ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROMETRIES; TEXTURAL INFORMATION;

ORES;

DOLOSTONE; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; LEAD; ORE DEPOSIT; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC;

YEMEN;

EID: 84928652783     PISSN: 03610128     EISSN: 15540774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/econgeo.110.4.1083     Document Type: Article

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