Magmatic Ni-Cu and PGE Deposits: Geology, Geochemistry, and Genesis, Volume 17 of Reviews in Economic Geology

Thermal and Fluid Dynamics of Komatiitic Lavas Associated with Magmatic Fe- Ni-Cu-(PGE) Sulphide Deposits

The most important examples of magmatic ore deposits in volcanic rocks are Fe-Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulphides associated with Archean and Proterozoic komatiitic lava channels (Lesher, 1989). Komatiitehosted ores contain ~25% of the world’s nickel sulphide resource (≥ 0.8% Ni), including significant amounts of copper and platinum group elements (Ross and Travis, 1981). Field, experimental, and theoretical...

Coal Geology and Geochemistry

Geology and geochemistry of skarn deposits in the northern part of Ahar batholith, East Azarbaijan, NW Iran

Principal Skarn deposits along the northern margin of the Ahar batholith from west to east include Mazraeh, Vine and Gowdoul skarn deposits. Among these skarn deposits, the Mazraeh Cu-Fe Skarn deposit is the most typical skarn deposit in the NW Iran. This skarn deposit is located 5 km. north of Mazraeh village and 20 km north of Ahar town. The origin and development of the skarn can be related ...

Quaternary Geology and Till Geochemistry of the Redstone and Loomis

This pa per sum ma rizes Qua ter nary ge ol ogy map ping and till geo chem is try stud ies con ducted as part of the re gional min eral po ten tial as sess ment of the Redstone and Loomis Lake map ar eas (NTS 093B/04, 05; Fig ure 1). This study was ini ti ated to com ple ment an on go ing re gional bed rock map ping pro gram and min eral po ten tial as sess ment be ing con ducted in NTS 093C/01...

The role of surface geochemistry in the discovery of the Babel and Nebo magmatic nickel–copper–PGE deposits

The inexpensive geochemical exploration technique based on broadspaced deflation lag sampling played a key role in the discovery of the Babel and Nebo ortho-magmatic Ni–Cu–platinum group elements (PGE) deposits. An area of 1100 km in the western Musgrave Block in central Australia was explored using deflation lag samples collected on a 1 km 0.5 km grid. A total of 35 elements were determined us...