| Evidence from the Big Gossan and Wanagon Gold Deposits, Ertsberg District, Papua, Indonesia KYLIE PRENDERGAST...Tasmania 7001, Australia Abstract The Ertsberg district hosts multiple skarn and porphyry-related deposits...in the world. Earlier skarn Cu-Au deposits at Big Gossan and 2 km along strike to the northwest at Wanagon...estimated 2 million ounces (Moz) of gold; reserves at Big Gossan are 33 million tonnes (Mt) at 2.63 percent Cu...g/t Au, and 15.72 g/t Ag. Phlogopite from the Big Gossan occurrence is younger than 2.82 ± 0.04 Ma, based |
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Meinert, Lawrence D., Hefton, Kristopher K., Mayes, David, Tasiran, Ian (1997) Geology, zonation, and fluid evolution of the Big Gossan Cu-Au skarn deposit, Ertsberg District, Irian Jaya. Economic Geology, 92 (5) 509-534 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.92.5.509 |
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| DAVID MAYES**, AND IAN TASIRAN P. T. Freeport Indonesia, Exploration Division,Sampoer•za Plaza89,4th Floor...R.Rasuna SaidX-7,No.6, Kuningan, Jakarta12940,Indonesia Abstract TheBigGossan Cu-Auskarndeposit isthehighest...gradecopperdeposit in theworld-class Ertsberg district, IrianJaya.Currentreserves are37.4millionmetrictons(Mr)...containsnaultipleCu-Au Mineralization intheErtsberg district wasdiscovered in 1936 Jaeque DozynotedtheErtsberg...ateOreZone)-DOZ(DeepOreZone),Grasberg, Dona,Big nearby-5,000-naPuneak Jaya(fornaerly knownasCarstensz Gossan, and several |
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Meinert, L. D., Hedenquist, J. W., Satoh, H., Matsuhisa, Y. (2003) Formation of Anhydrous and Hydrous Skarn in Cu-Au Ore Deposits by Magmatic Fluids. Economic Geology, 98 (1) 147-156 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.98.1.147 |
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| during ascent. Big Gossan Deposit, Ertsberg District, Irian Jaya The Ertsberg district contains multiple...GBT/IOZ/DOZ orebodies, Dom, Big Gossan, Kucing Liar, and the largest of all, Grasberg, plus several other mineral...Individually, Grasberg is the largest gold mine 147 148 MEINERT ET AL. Ertsberg District 50° Papua New Guinea...Tembaga Ti * 25°Cairns Australia * * S4° Tk Grasberg Tk Pacific Ocean Kkel Sydney Tw Yello w Va...Va lley S yncli ne Kucing Liar Fig. 2A Big Gossan GBT * * * * Dom Ertsberg 70° 45° Puncak Jaya |
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Henley, Richard W., Brink, Frank J., King, Penelope L., Leys, Clyde, Ganguly, Jibamitra, Mernagh, Terrance, Middleton, Jill, Renggli, Christian J., Sieber, Melanie, Troitzsch, Ulrike, Turner, Michael (2017) High temperature gas–solid reactions in calc–silicate Cu–Au skarn formation; Ertsberg, Papua Province, Indonesia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 172 (11) doi:10.1007/s00410-017-1413-6 |
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| calc–silicate Cu–Au skarn formation; Ertsberg, Papua Province, Indonesia Richard W. Henley1 · Frank J. Brink2 ·...Ma Ertsberg East Skarn System (Indonesia), adjacent to the giant Grasberg Porphyry Copper deposit, is part...Skarn System (EESS) deposit, alongside the giant Grasberg porphyry copper deposit (Fig. 1), is part of the...Simplified geological map pf the _Grasberg_–Ertsberg district, West Papua, Indonesia. b, c Geology and cross-section...is recognized as a principal component of the Grasberg and many other of the world’s largest porphyry |
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Porter, T.M. - Ed. (2005) Super Porphyry Copper and Gold Deposits: A Global Perspective Vol. 2. PGC Publishing. |
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| photograph: Upper benches o fth e Grasberg open pit, Papua, Indonesia, 1999. Photograph by T M Porter......... 287 ， G rasbec^ Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit _Papua_» In d o n esia:1 .Magmatic History John T' Paterson...313 ， ， G rasbcrg Porphyry Cu-Au Deposit Papua Indonesia: 2. Pervasive Hydrotherm al Alteration John...Ertsberg Diorite, G unung Bijih (Ertsberg/G rasberg) District, West Papua, Indonesia Kurt C Friehauf, Spencer...of Porphyry Cu-Mo-Ag Deposits in the Collahuasi _District_，N orthern Chile Glertton J. Masterman, David R |
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Soloviev, Serguei G., Kryazhev, Sergey G., Dvurechenskaya, Svetlana S. (2013) Geology, mineralization, stable isotope geochemistry, and fluid inclusion characteristics of the Novogodnee–Monto oxidized Au–(Cu) skarn and porphyry deposit, Polar Ural, Russia. Mineralium Deposita, 48 (5) 603-627 doi:10.1007/s00126-012-0449-9 |
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| Fig. 2 Schematic map showing the mineralized district hosting the Novogodnee–Monto deposit (modified...17 16 15 Differentiation trends 12 Ertsberg-Grasberg high-K intrusions lamprophyre 11 granodiorite...* 21 Gabbro 12 20 19 6 14 15 13 Ertsberg-Grasberg low-K intrusions 5 4 3 Calc-Alkaline+Tholeitic...60 50 40 Differentiation trends 6 Ertsberg-Grasberg high-K intrusions Shoshonitic series 5 WIP...70 0.3 16 16 0.2 18 17 2 8 10 Ertsberg-Grasberg low-K intrusions 0.05 0.06 0.07 0.08 0.09 0.1 |
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Zhao, Yiming, Zhang, Yinan, Bi, Chengsi (1999) Geology of gold-bearing skarn deposits in the middle and lower Yangtze River Valley and adjacent regions. Ore Geology Reviews, 14 (3) 227-249 doi:10.1016/s0169-1368(99)00008-6 |
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| and Jiguanzui in Hubei Province and Tianmashan, Xingiao and Sanpu in Anhui Province, have been discovered...dolomitic limestone and dolomite; in the Sanpu district of northern Anhui, they are Middle and Upper Cambrian...lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Sanpu district — are located in upper mantle anomalies ŽZhao...limestone and dolomitic limestone; in the Tongling district, besides the for- The intrusions related to the...sulfide Žpyrite " pyrrhotite. deposits; in the Sanpu district, northern Anhui, Au– Cu skarn deposits may be |
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Hedenquist, Jeffrey W. (2012) Geology and genesis of major copper deposits and districts of the world : a tribute to Richard H. Sillitoe. |
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| label: Aerial view of the Bingham Canyon copper mine, Kennecott Utah Copper, September 2003. Photo courtesy...Magmatic-Hydrothermal History of the Río Blanco-Los Bronces District, Central Chile: Development of World’s Greatest...Chuquicamata District, Northern Chile Geologic Overview of the Escondida Porphyry Copper District, Northern...Molybdenum Deposits of the Ertsberg-Grasberg District, Papua, Indonesia Clyde A. Leys, Mark Cloos, Brian...N. Moreto, André Luiz Silva Pestilho, Mineral Province, Brazil Gustavo Henrique Coelho de Melo, Marco |
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Gorsel, J. T. van (2020) Bibliography of the Geology of Indonesia and Surrounding Areas (7th ed.) |
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| BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GEOLOGY OF INDONESIA AND SURROUNDING ARE AS Edition 7.1 – 8 June 2020 J.T. VAN GORSEL...GORSEL Bibliography of Indonesia Geology, Ed. 7.1 1 www.vangorselslist.com 6/8/20 LIST OF CONTENTS........................................ 9 I.1. Indonesia Regional Geology.............................................................. 1507 VIII. WEST PAPUA (WEST NEW GUINEA)...................................... 1516 VIII.1. New Guinea General and West Papua ............................................... |
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Soloviev, Serguei G., Kryazhev, Sergey G., Dvurechenskaya, Svetlana S., Uyutov, Victor I. (2019) Geology, mineralization, fluid inclusion, and stable isotope characteristics of the Sinyukhinskoe Cu-Au skarn deposit, Russian Altai, SW Siberia. Ore Geology Reviews, 112. 103039 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2019.103039 |
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| 1972). AL Then, part of the deposit (“Veselyi _Mine_”) was described by Ettlinger and Meinert (1991)... collisional) processes. 3. District geology The mineralized district that hosts the Sinyukhinskoe deposit...carbonate (calcite, occasionally ankerite U and/or siderite) and albite occur locally. Small breccia zones...related to CuAu porphyry analogies within a larger (_district_- to regional-scale) skarn-porphyry mineralized...(1994) for the Ertsberg Cu-Au skarn and porphyry district. This may reflect an influence of deeper-seated |
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Burisch, Mathias, Gerdes, Axel, Meinert, Lawrence D., Albert, Richard, Seifert, Thomas, Gutzmer, Jens (2019) The essence of time – fertile skarn formation in the Variscan Orogenic Belt. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 519. 165-170 doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2019.05.015 |
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| skarns in the Erzgebirge, a classic metallogenic province in central Europe. Garnet ages obtained not only...Skarns of the Erzgebirge, a classical metallogenic province in Central Europe, are a typical example of the...Fig. 1. Geological overview of the Erzgebirge province (modified after Sächsisches Landesamt für Umwelt...Erzgebirge The Erzgebirge is a classical metallogenic province with a multitude of economically important greisen...to age date the Hämmerlein skarn (Schwarzenberg district) was based on Rb-Sr dates of muscovite (∼340 Ma; |
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Müller, Daniel, Groves, David I. (2019) Potassic Igneous Rocks and Associated Gold-Copper Mineralization (5th ed.) Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-92979-8 |
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| Belle Gold Mines in Kalgoorlie, PT North Mining Indonesia in Jakarta, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, ETH Zürich.... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Roman Province (Italy): Example from a Continental Arc Setting... . . 6.3.1 Ladolam Gold Deposit, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Rica Copper-Gold-Molybdenum Deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4.2 Bajo...de La Alumbrera Copper-Gold Deposit, Catamarca Province, Argentina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.4.3 Bingham |
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Pan, Yuanming, Dong, Ping (1999) The Lower Changjiang (Yangzi/Yangtze River) metallogenic belt, east central China: intrusion- and wall rock-hosted Cu–Fe–Au, Mo, Zn, Pb, Ag deposits. Ore Geology Reviews, 15 (4) 177-242 doi:10.1016/s0169-1368(99)00022-0 |
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| from Wuhan of the Hubei Province in the west to Zhenjiang of the Jiangsu Province in the east, contains...from west to east, Edong Ži.e., eastern Hubei Province., Fe–Cu deposits; Jiurui ŽJiujiang– Ruichan ....from Daye of the Hubei Province in the west to Zhenjiang of the Jiangsu Province in the east ŽChang et...in the Jiurui district, NE from Jiujiang to Nanjing, and E–W in the Ningzhen district ŽFig. 2; Chang...exposed only in a few locations in the Ningzhen district and are absent in the Edong, Jiurui, Anqing– Guichi |
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Franchini, M. B., Meinert, L. D., Montenegro, T. F. (2000) Skarns Related to Porphyry-Style Mineralization at CaicayenHill, Neuquen, Argentina: Composition and Evolution of Hydrothermal Fluids. Economic Geology, 95 (6) 1197-1213 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.95.6.1197 |
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| of northwest Neuquén, Argentina, the Caicayén district shares the following features with Cu skarn-porphyry...ANDES of Chile is a well-known porphyry copper province with many large deposits (Munizaga et al., 1985;...and mineralization. One example is the Caicayén district, in northwest Neuquén state (Fig. 1), where skarn...porphyrystyle alteration. Although Fe mining in the district began during early 1950, no geochemical exploration...FRANCHINI ET AL. FIG. 1. Location map of the Caicayén district within the framework of the Paleogene intrusive |
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(2002) Timing and Location of Major Ore Deposits in an Evolving Orogen. Special Publication Vol. 204. Geological Society of London |
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| porphyry copper deposit in the Panagyurishte ore district, Srednogorie zone, Bulgaria: U-Pb zircon geochronology...activity of the Madjarovo base-precious metal ore district, eastern Rhodopes, Bulgaria 137 KROHE, A. &...High Atlas (Morocco): the High Seksaoua mining district. 247 YAKUBCHUK, A. The Baikalide-Altaid, Transbaikal-Mongolian...single ore district. They find that volcanism in the Madjarovo volcanic complex and ore district in Bulgaria...Belt of Southwest Iberia, set within the larger province of the western Variscides. Tornos et al. show |
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Johnson, T. W., Thompson, T. B. (2006) Breccia- and Carbonate-Hosted Au-Cu-Ag Replacement Mineralization Associated with the Homestake Porphyry Intrusive Complex, New World District, Montana. Economic Geology, 101 (5) 955-980 doi:10.2113/gsecongeo.101.5.955 |
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| Homestake Porphyry Intrusive Complex, New World District, Montana TODD W. JOHNSON† 550 North McCarran Blvd...Homestake intrusive complex within the New World district near Cooke City, Park County, in south-central...in six different zones in the New World mining district in south-central Montana (Fig. 1), located approximately...(Fig. 2). The intrusive rocks of the New World district are one of several intrusive centers in the Montana...TABLE 1. Au-Cu-Ag Resources Within the New World District (Crown Butte Resources, January 21, 1993, press |
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Zhao, Haijie, Xie, Guiqing, Wei, Ketao, Ke, Yufu (2012) Mineral compositions and fluid evolution of the Tonglushan skarn Cu–Fe deposit, SE Hubei, east-central China. International Geology Review, 54 (7) 737-764 doi:10.1080/00206814.2011.569418 |
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| PR China b Geological Team of Southeast Hubei Province, Daye, PR China Published online: 24 May 2011...PR China; b Geological Team of Southeast Hubei Province, Daye, PR China Downloaded by [University of...68 Mt at 41% Fe) is located in the westernmost district of the Middle–Lower Yangtze River metallogenic...Tonglushan deposit, located in the Daye district, SE Hubei Province, is a typical Cu–Fe skarn (Wei et al...approximately 17% of the area of southeast Hubei Province (Pan and Dong 1999). Geochronological studies |
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Arndt, Nicholas, Kesler, Stephen, Ganino, Clément (2015) Metals and Society. Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-17232-3 |
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| important but complex issue of the social license to mine. The final chapter provides a lively discussion of...the Global Mineral Market The Social Licence to Mine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6.8.1 Pebble...turn of the last century it was only possible to mine deposits with high grades that were close to the...utilisation of modern techniques, it is possible now to mine ore with as little as 0.5 % Cu. And with the economy...greater than the value of the metal recovered from the mine. Then, from about 2001 onwards, as the copper price |
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Zhang, Dehui, Xu, Guojian, Zhang, Wenhuai, Golding, Suzanne D. (2007) High salinity fluid inclusions in the Yinshan polymetallic deposit from the Le–De metallogenic belt in Jiangxi Province, China: Their origin and implications for ore genesis. Ore Geology Reviews, 31 (1) 247-260 doi:10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.11.002 |
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| deposit from the Le–De metallogenic belt in Jiangxi Province, China: Their origin and implications for ore...Yinshan from the Le–De metallogenic belt in Jiangxi Province of China has been carried out using petrographic...major base metal occurrences in the Dexing mineral district. D. Zhang et al. / Ore Geology Reviews 31 (2007)...Yinshan polymetallic deposit is situated in Jiangxi Province, East China, and is located in the inner zone...gangue minerals are dominated by quartz, calcite, siderite, chlorite and sericite. The deposit is a product |
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(2020, April) Geology, Policy and Wine – The Intersection of Science and Life. Geochemical Perspectives Vol. 9 (1) European Association of Geochemistry |
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| garnet from the San Juan chimney in the El Mochito mine, Honduras. The upper photograph shows a small chapel...office of Representative Gabrielle Giffords (8th district of Arizona) and was there at the time of the tumultuous...Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Navy) and scenic (Big Sur and St. George, Utah) marathons in the United...middle), Rainer Newberry (on the right), and the mine geologist examining skarn mineralogy in the Chino...syntheses. Most skarn deposits that are economic to mine are related to magmatism, meaning that investigation |
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Soloviev, Serguei G., Kryazhev, Sergey, Dvurechenskaya, Svetlana (2018) Geology, mineralization, and fluid inclusion study of the Kuru-Tegerek Au-Cu-Mo skarn deposit in the Middle Tien Shan, Kyrgyzstan. Mineralium Deposita, 53 (2) 195-223 doi:10.1007/s00126-017-0729-5 |
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| Introduction The Tien Shan Gold Belt, a metallogenic province in the Paleozoic orogenic systems of Central Asia...Deposita Mo porphyry deposits of the Almalyk ore district, where mineralized intrusions yielded whole-rock...the stock. The assemblage consists of quartz, siderite, ankerite, calcite, fine-grained muscovite, and...River-Jinshajiang alkaline igneous belt, western Yunnan Province, China. Mineral Petrol 96:43–58 Biske YS, Seltmann...example of the Kairagach deposit (Kurama mineralized district, Middle Tien Shan). Geol Ore Deposits 2:115–128 |
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Zhu, J.-j., Hu, R., Richards, J. P., Bi, X., Zhong, H. (2015) Genesis and Magmatic-Hydrothermal Evolution of the Yangla Skarn Cu Deposit, Southwest China. Economic Geology, 110 (3) 631-652 doi:10.2113/econgeo.110.3.631 |
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| km northwest of the city of Shangri-la, Yunnan Province (Fig. 1). The potential for Cu mineralization...accounts for 90% of the copper reserves in the district. This paper primarily focuses on these two ore...consist of quartz and calcite with minor amounts of siderite, respectively. Because the two kinds of alteration...associated with skarntype alteration zones (~80%; Yangla mine staff, pers. com., 2011) and, to a lesser extent...Quartz Chalcopyrite Sphalerite Galena Calcite Siderite Malachite Azurite Limonite Fig. 5. Mineral paragenesis |
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Pirajno, Franco (2009) Hydrothermal Processes and Mineral Systems. Springer Netherlands. doi:10.1007/978-1-4020-8613-7 |
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| Contents 4.6.5 Candelaria, Punta Del Cobre District, Chilean Coastal Belt. . . . . . . . . . . . ...5.3.2 Ladolam Epithermal System, Lihir Island, Papua New Guinea . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...Deposit, Abitibi-Wawa Greenstone Belt, Superior Province, Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . . 992 9.7.2 Central Australian Heat Flow Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . 995 9.8 An Unusual Amagmatic...deposit, ore deposit, mineral occurrence, prospect, mine, reserves and resources are familiar, but more rigorous |
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Zhai, De-Gao, Liu, Jia-Jun, Zhang, Hong-Yu, Wang, Jian-Ping, Su, Li, Yang, Xi-An, Wu, Sheng-Hua (2014) Origin of oscillatory zoned garnets from the Xieertala Fe–Zn skarn deposit, northern China: In situ LA–ICP-MS evidence. Lithos, 190. 279-291 doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2013.12.017 |
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| Fier-Dognecea orefield, Ciobanu and Cook, 2004; Empire Cu–Zn Mine, Chang and Meinert, 2004, 2008; Navachab Au deposit...those skarn deposits in the Great Hinggan Range district collectively constitute an important Fe–Sn–Cu–Pb–Zn...are the most common alteration rocks in the ore district. Alteration assemblages also contain minor hornblende...mica, ankerite, specularite, chalcedony, opal and siderite. All skarn rocks locally are overprinted by veins...crystal symmetry of grossular garnets from the Jeffrey mine, Asbestos, Quebec, Canada. American Mineralogist |
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Mungall, James E. (2005) Exploration for platinum-group element deposits. Mineralogical Association of Canada. |
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| Refining the Classification Using McCreedy West Mine and Podolsky Project Case Studies 163-180 C.E.G...Dyke, Zimbabwe - Case Study of the Hartley Platinum Mine A.H. Wilson, R.T. Brown 409-429 20. The Platinova...REFINING THE CLASSIFICATION: USING McCREEDY WEST MINE, AND PODOLSKY PROJECT CASE STUDIES C.E.G. Farrow...DYKE, ZIMBABWE – CASE STUDY OF THE HARTLEY PLATINUM MINE A.H. Wilson, R.T. Brown INTRODUCTION EXPLORATION...of the MSZ Nature of the MSZ at Hartley Platinum Mine PGE Distribution in the Ore Zone Stratigraphic PGE |
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