The supergiant Shizhuyuan W–Sn–Bi–Mo deposit is hosted by the Qianlishan granite, a small, highly fractionated granitic pluton (∼ 10 km) with multiple phases of intrusions within the Early Yanshanian granitoid province of SE China. Strong alteration of skarn and greisen that formed in the contact zone between the first and second phases of granite intrusions and Devonian limestone is responsibl...

A significant tin deposit has been identified in the northeast part of the Late Proterozoic Arabian Shield. Cassiterite-topaz-quartz greisens are distributed over 16 km2 in flat-topped cupolas of a highly evolved, zinnwaldite-bearing alkali-feldspar granite which composes part of the silsilah ring complex (lat 26"06'N, long 4240'E). The 587 m.y. old alkali-feldspar granite is overlain by a cara...

The variation in the volume of rock removed when a water jet traverses over a sample of Barre Granite is shown to vary with the angle at which the sample is cut relative to the orientation of the main deposit. For example where the jet impacts perpendicular to a microfissure plane a channel up to 10 times the volume is cut as when the jet is traversed along the microfissure plane. A correlation...

In this study, poultry manure compost and organic fertilizer were added to soils derived from basalt, granite, and river alluvial deposits for use as soil parent materials. Following incubation periods of 30 or 60 days at 25 °C, the physical and chemical properties and adsorption characteristics of the soils were studied. The results indicated that the application of poultry manure compost or o...

Pitchblende mineralization was studied in the younger granite samples collected from Gabal Gattar, north Eastern Desert, Egypt using electron scanning microscope (ESM) and electron probe microanalyses (EPMA). This study revealed that this pitchblende contains significant Zr content reaching up to (66.80% ZrO2), which suggests that volcanic rocks were probably the source of such a deposit. High ...

In this paper we present a novel Point-based pattern analysis for predicting Cassiterite (tin-ore) as a secondary mineral deposit in the Plateau Younger Granite Region of Nigeria (PYGR) using statistics, spatial analysis and machine learning techniques. Existing mining data points collected from field survey in the PYGR and the geological map of the region were digitized and converted into shap...

In the present study, we describe a method for estimating the reserve in an ornamental granite deposit. The method is adapted to the existing optimised mining method and provides a more realistic estimate of commercial quality than conventional methods. Using a batholith geology-mining map, a description of fracturing in the mining area, and underground information provided by continuous-core b...

The known dimensions of hydrothermal fluid circulation associated with emplacement of the 2.055-Ga Bushveld Igneous Complex (BIC) are extended with new isotopic ages for Paleoproterozoic mineral deposits in wallrocks (Transvaal Supergroup) surrounding the BIC. A fluorite-rich Mississippi Valley–type (MVT) deposit in the Zeerust district, dated at 2.05 Ga (Sm-Nd isochron age), has Nd isotopic co...

In order to reveal the metallogenic potential of Indosinian Ziyunshan granite in central Hunan, temporal, spatial and genetic relationship between mineralization is discussed, concentrations ore-forming elements for different granites are measured. The geochemistry elements, isotope chronology, data derived from analysis on Au-W deposit area compared with geologic features regional rock. result...