Hydrothermal alteration revealed by apatite luminescence and chemistry: A potential indicator mineral for exploring covered porphyry copper deposits

F Bouzari, CJR Hart, T Bissig… - Economic …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Apatite is a common resistate mineral occurring in a range of host rocks and ore-related
hydrothermal alteration assemblages. Apatite in several porphyry copper deposits in British …

[HTML][HTML] Geochemistry of hydrothermal and stream sedimentary rutile in the Tiegelongnan porphyry-epithermal Cu (Au) deposit, Tibet: A tool for exploration

C Yang, G Beaudoin, Y Song, JX Tang, YY Wang… - Ore Geology …, 2024 - Elsevier
Rutile is a common and stable mineral in porphyry Cu deposits, and morphology and
geochemistry of rutile are recognized as a potential indicator mineral for exploration. In this …

Using apatite to discriminate synchronous ore-associated and barren granitoid rocks: A case study from the Edong metallogenic district, South China

DF Duan, SY Jiang - Lithos, 2018 - Elsevier
In order to find criteria to discriminate the synchronous ore-associated and barren granitoid
rocks, we have determined apatite chemistry associated with ore-associated (Cu-Au) and …

Till geochemistry and mineralogy: Vectoring towards Cu porphyry deposits in British Columbia, Canada

A Plouffe, T Ferbey, S Hashmi… - Geochemistry: Exploration …, 2016 - lyellcollection.org
Regional till sampling was completed near four Cu porphyry mineralized zones in south-
central British Columbia, Canada: Highland Valley Copper (Cu-Mo), Gibraltar (Cu-Mo), and …

Processing of glacial sediments for the recovery of indicator minerals: protocols used at the Geological Survey of Canada

A Plouffe, MB McClenaghan, RC Paulen… - Geochemistry …, 2013 - lyellcollection.org
A successful method of mineral exploration in glaciated terrain is the use of indicator
minerals recovered from carefully selected glacial sediments, and subsequently traced back …

Cathodoluminescence of apatite

RH Mitchell - 2014 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Apatite is a common host for trace to minor amounts of rare earth elements (REE) in most
igneous and metamorphic rocks. Initial investigations during the 1960s and 1970s …

Geochemical attributes of magmatic apatite in the Kukaazi granite from western Kunlun orogenic belt, NW China: Implications for granite petrogenesis and Pb-Zn (-Cu …

T Zafar, CB Leng, XC Zhang, HU Rehman - Journal of Geochemical …, 2019 - Elsevier
Apatite is a significant accessory mineral which is ubiquitous in Kukaazi granitic bodies and
provides vital geological information concerning petrogenetic as well as metallogenic …

Fluorapatite in carbonatite-related phosphate deposits: the case of the Matongo carbonatite (Burundi)

S Decrée, P Boulvais, L Tack, L André, JM Baele - Mineralium Deposita, 2016 - Springer
The Matongo carbonatite intrusive body in the Neoproterozoic Upper Ruvubu alkaline
plutonic complex (URAPC) in Burundi is overlain by an economic phosphate ore deposit …

[PDF][PDF] Application of trace-element compositions of detrital apatite to explore for porphyry deposits in central British Columbia

AS Rukhlov, A Plouffe, T Ferbey, M Mao… - Geological Fieldwork …, 2016 - researchgate.net
Apatite grains recovered from tills (14 samples) at the Highland Valley, Gibraltar, Mount
Polley, and Woodjam porphyry deposits, and mineralized bedrock (2 samples) at the …

Petrogenetic implications, geochemistry and tectonic framework of albitite hosted magnetite in North Delhi Fold Belt: Application of geochemistry and apatite chemistry

S Dwivedy - Geochemistry, 2024 - Elsevier
The iron ore bodies in the form of lensoidal and pocket type deposits occur within the Meso
to Neo-Proterozoic meta-sedimentary rocks and albitites of Ajabgarh Group of Delhi …