Gold and PGE in massive sulfide ore of the Uzelginsk deposit, southern Urals, Russia

Canadian Mineralogist

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 651-665

  Vikentyev, Ilya V ^a   Yudovskaya, Marina A ^a   Mokhov, Andrey V ^a   Kerzin, Alexey L ^a   Tsepin, Anatoliy I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY OF ORE DEPOSITS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Gold; Massive sulfide ore; Platinum group elements; Russia; Silver; Southern Urals; Uzelginsk deposit

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEPOSITS; ECONOMIC GEOLOGY; EMULSIFICATION; GOLD; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ORES; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PRECIOUS METAL ALLOYS; PYRITES; SILVER; SILVER ALLOYS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TELLURIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; MASSIVE SULFIDE DEPOSITS; MASSIVE SULFIDES; PLATINUM GROUP ELEMENTS; RUSSIA; SOUTHERN URALS; SULFIDE PRECIPITATION; WET CHEMICAL ANALYSIS;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

EID: 85017111803     PISSN: 00084476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/gscanmin.42.2.651     Document Type: Article

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