introduction worldwide, ni-cu and pge magmatic sulfide deposits are confined to the lower parts of stratiform mafic and ultramafic complexes. however, ophiolite mafic and ultramafic complexes have been rarely explored for sulfide deposits despite the fact that they have been extensively explored and exploited for chromite. sulfide saturation during magmatic evolution is necessary for sulfide mi...

Economic mineral deposits found in oceanic terranes include: mesothermal gold-quartz veins, Cyprus-type massive sulphide, podiform chromite. platinum or cobalt associated with nickel sulphides, as well as asbestos and jade deposits. These are rither hosted by, or otherwise closely associated with oceanic crustal or mantle lithologies. Mesothermal gold-quartz veins and related placers are histor...

biogeochemical investigation on s. orientalis, a flora growing on the soils derived from serpentinized dunite in the forumad area, sabzevar ophiolite has been conducted in order to examine the plant-soil relationship in chromite prospecting. due to engagement of cr in the chromite crystal structure and its non-essential role in the plant’s life cycle, ni was used as pathfinder element in biogeo...

MINERALOGICAL and physical characteristics of natural chromites from Oman ophiolites have been recently investigated using M6ssbauer spectrocopy (MS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) by Al-Alawi et al. (1996). From the MS analysis together with the SEM data, they derived the chemical formula for specimens collected from two separate chromite deposits named Tawiyah...

the forumad ophiolite in the northwestern part of the sabzevar region has embraced the largedepleted harzburgites and dunitic bodies associated with podiform chromitites. in some deposits, chromitegrains have segregated as nodules. the stretched shape along with high cr2o3 and tio2 contents are thecharacteristics of the nodules. compared to the other tethyan nodular chromites, the forumad nodul...

This paper describes unusual graphite–sulfide deposits in ultramafic rocks from the Serranı́a de Ronda (Spain) and Beni Bousera (Morocco). These deposits occur as veins, stockworks and irregular masses, ranging in size from some centimeters to a few meters in thickness. The primary mineral assemblage mainly consists of Fe–Ni–Cu sulfides (pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite and cubanite), graph...