The mineral system approach applied to magmatic Ni–Cu–PGE sulphide deposits

SJ Barnes, AR Cruden, N Arndt, BM Saumur - Ore geology reviews, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Most magmatic Ni–Cu–PGE sulphide deposits occur within long-lived magma
pathways fed by high degree partial melts of the mantle. Holistic mineral-system analysis for …

The “chessboard” classification scheme of mineral deposits: Mineralogy and geology from aluminum to zirconium

HG Dill - Earth-Science Reviews, 2010 - Elsevier
Economic geology is a mixtum compositum of all geoscientific disciplines focused on one
goal, finding new mineral depsosits and enhancing their exploitation. The keystones of this …

Formation of magmatic nickel sulfide deposits and processes affecting their copper and platinum group element contents

SJ Barnes, PC Lightfoot - 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Nickel-copper sulfide deposits are found at the base of mafic and ultramafic bodies. All their
host rocks, except the Sudbury Igneous Complex, are thought to be mantle-derived melts …

北疆二叠纪镁铁-超镁铁岩铜, 镍矿床的构造背景, 岩体类型, 基本特征, 相对剥蚀程度, 含矿性评价标志及成矿潜力分析

秦克章, 唐冬梅, 苏本勋, 毛亚晶, 薛胜超, 田野, 孙赫… - 西北地质, 2012 - cgsjournals.com
北疆地区不同构造单元内分布大量的镁铁-超镁铁质岩体, 含铜镍硫化物矿化的岩体集中于早二
叠世. 含铜镍岩体顶与底的识别是一世界性难题, 而对深部矿与隐伏矿的勘查十分重要 …

Mantle-derived magmas and magmatic Ni-Cu-(PGE) deposits

NT Arndt, CM Lesher, GK Czamanske - 2005 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Magmatic Fe-Ni-Cu±platinum-group element (PGE) sulfide deposits form when
mantle-derived mafic and ultramafic magmas become saturated in sulfide and segregate …

Geochronology, petrology and Hf–S isotope geochemistry of the newly-discovered Xiarihamu magmatic Ni–Cu sulfide deposit in the Qinghai–Tibet plateau, western …

C Li, Z Zhang, W Li, Y Wang, T Sun, EM Ripley - Lithos, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper reports the first set of data for the newly-discovered Xiarihamu magmatic Ni–Cu
sulfide deposit in the Eastern Kunlun Paleozoic arc terrane which is located in the northern …

Secular variation of magmatic sulfide deposits and their source magmas

AJ Naldrett - Economic Geology, 2010 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Magmatic sulfide deposits are divisible into two major groups, those that are valued primarily
for their Ni and Cu and that are mostly sulfide rich (> 10% sulfide), and those that are valued …

Temporal and spatial controls on the formation of magmatic PGE and Ni–Cu deposits

WD Maier, DI Groves - Mineralium Deposita, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Magmatic PGE and Ni–Cu deposits form in contrasting geologic environments and
periods. PGE deposits predominantly occur in large layered intrusions emplaced during the …

Sulfide saturation and magma emplacement in the formation of the Permian Huangshandong Ni-Cu sulfide deposit, Xinjiang, northwestern China

JF Gao, MF Zhou, PC Lightfoot… - Economic …, 2013 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The eastern Tianshan orogenic belt, northwestern China, hosts~ 120 mafic-ultramafic
intrusions and at least six of them host significant Ni-Cu sulfide mineralization of which the …

Constraints on the genesis of cobalt deposits: Part II. Applications to natural systems

OV Vasyukova, AE Williams-Jones - Economic Geology, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In a companion paper in this issue, the authors reviewed the properties of cobalt, its
mineralogy, and the processes that concentrate it to exploitable levels. Using this …