Antimony

Critical Metals Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 70-98

  Schwarz Schampera, Ulrich ^a  

^a FEDERAL INSTITUTE FOR GEOSCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES BGR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antimony; Carbonate replacement deposits; Gold antimony (epithermal) deposits; Greenstone hosted quartz carbonate vein; Processing of antimony bearing ores

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY; ANTIMONY DEPOSITS; CARBONATION; DEPOSITS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; GOLD DEPOSITS; GOLD ORE TREATMENT; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; ORES; QUARTZ; QUARTZ DEPOSITS; SULFIDE MINERALS; TEMPERATURE;

ANTIMONY CONCENTRATION; ANTIMONY TRIOXIDE; BEARING ORES; EPITHERMAL; GREENSTONE-HOSTED QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEIN; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGMATIC-HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEMS; MINERAL PROCESSING;

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85014874931     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118755341.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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