Sulfide-silicate textures in magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide ore deposits: Massive, semi-massive and sulfide-matrix breccia ores

SJ Barnes, S Staude, M Le Vaillant, R Piña… - Ore Geology …, 2018 - Elsevier
… mafic-ultramafic intrusions, including PGE enriched “Reefs” (Mungall and … sulfide rich
deposits where a high proportion of the value of the ore is in rocks containing 20% or more sulfide

Sulfide-silicate textures in magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide ore deposits: Disseminated and net-textured ores

SJ Barnes, JE Mungall, M Le Vaillant… - American …, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
… aggregates,” which we define as any contiguous body of minerals derived entirely from
original immiscible sulfide or sulfide-oxide melt regardless of size or morphology. We retain the …

The mineral system approach applied to magmatic Ni–CuPGE sulphide deposits

SJ Barnes, AR Cruden, N Arndt, BM Saumur - Ore geology reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
… 2 we find no evidence for systematically “fertile” magmatic provinces or magma types for
Ni–CuPGE sulphide deposits, and parent magma compositions for ore deposits fall well within …

… distribution of platinum group elements (PGE) and other chalcophile elements among sulfides from the Creighton Ni–CuPGE sulfide deposit, Sudbury, Canada, and …

SAS Dare, SJ Barnes, HM Prichard - Mineralium Deposita, 2010 - Springer
sulfide ore deposits. From this work, a reasonably consistent picture of interphase
partitioning has emerged, which has not only enhanced an understanding of the recovery of the …

An overview of chalcophile element contents of pyrrhotite, pentlandite, chalcopyrite, and pyrite from magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide deposits

ET Mansur, SJ Barnes, CJ Duran - Mineralium Deposita, 2021 - Springer
… -Cu-PGE ore deposits with the aim of understanding their petrogenesis and whether these
minerals can be used as indicator minerals. … studied world-class Ni-Cu- (Aguablanca, Duluth, …

From the mantle to the bank: the life of a Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide deposit

AJ Naldrett - South African Journal of Geology, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
… that influence whether they can be concentrated from a dispersion in a silicate magma to
an extent sufficient to create an economic ore deposit. One of these is density. Densities of the …

Exploration for magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide deposits: A review of recent advances in the use of geochemical tools, and their application to some South African ores

WD Maier, SJ Barnes… - South African Journal of …, 1998 - constellation.uqac.ca
Cu-Ni-PGE sulphide ores may be facilitated by applying a number of geochemical tools.
PGE-… Such mixing lines are observed in a number of ore deposits (Figure 10), amongst them the …

Magmatic sulfide ore deposits

SJ Barnes, DA Holwell, M Le Vaillant - Elements, 2017 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
… Magmatic sulfide ores range in sulfide contents from less … PGE ores to 100% sulfide in
some Ni–Cu deposits (Fig. 1). Almost all unaltered magmatic sulfide ores, regardless of sulfide

[HTML][HTML] Low temperature alteration of magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulfides as a source for hydrothermal Ni and PGE ores: A quantitative approach using automated …

DA Holwell, Z Adeyemi, LA Ward, DJ Smith… - Ore Geology …, 2017 - Elsevier
… Pt deposit. Furthermore, this study has implications not only for magmatic ore deposits, but
also for the general implications of sulfide transformation and metal transfer in ore systems in …

Variation of trace elements in chalcopyrite from worldwide Ni-Cu sulfide and Reef-type PGE deposits: implications for mineral exploration

E Caraballo, S Dare, G Beaudoin - Mineralium Deposita, 2022 - Springer
… for discrimination of deposit type (Ni-Cu sulfide vs. Reef-type PGE) and ore type (Cu-rich vs.
Fe… Chalcopyrite is a common sulfide found in a large variety of mineral deposits ranging from …