Platinum-Group Element Exploration

摘要: Foreword. Glossary. 1. Commodity Review. Introduction. Geological association. Technical applications and industrial uses. Marketing investment role. Strategic 2. Controls on Sulphide Solubility. Predicted Controls. Experimental Studies. Application to Natural Rocks. 3. Pyroxenes. Chemical classification. Pyroxene immiscibility exsolution. Electron microprobe analysis of exsolved pyroxenes. 4. Phase Chemistry Mafic Magmas: Primary Secondary Processes. Silicate phase fractionation. Stable isotope geochemistry. PGE mineralogy. 5. Mining Geology the Principal Deposits. Bushveld Complex. Sudbury nickel irruptive. Komatiite-hosted sulphides. deposits in USSR China. Stillwater 6. Target Selection. environments. Intrusions cratonic areas. Bodies emplaced during orogenesis. 7. Exploration Guidelines. Analytical techniques. Lithogeochemistry lithogeochemistry. concentrations magmatic sulphide ores. secondary dispersion. Remote sensing geophysical 8. Evaluation Geostatistical ore reserve evaluation. Economic modelling. 9. Summary Conclusions. climate. factors. associations controls mineralization. guidelines. Bibliography. Index.