An ore deposit by definition must be economically viable, that is to say it must contain
sufficient material at high enough grade to make it possible to mine and process it at a profit …

BACKGROUND Rocks from the Earth's mantle occur in a wide range of geologic settings (1)
as peridotite massifs, now referred to as orogenic peridotites;(2) as spinel-(rarely garnet) …

The platinum-group minerals (PGM) are a diverse group of minerals that concentrate the
platinum-group elements (PGE; Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, and Pd). At the time of writing, the …

The highly siderophile elements (HSE: Os, Ir, Ru, Rh, Pt, Pd, Re, Au) are key tracers of
planetary accretion and differentiation processes due to their affinity for metal relative to …

Abyssal peridotites are oceanic mantle fragments that were recently processed through
ridges and represent residues of both modern and ancient melting. To constrain the nature …

Cratonic lithospheric mantle is composed of predominantly refractory materials that formed
at higher mantle potential temperatures (TP) than recorded in non-cratonic peridotites. It also …

Bingham Canyon is one of the world's largest porphyry Cu–Mo–Au deposits and was
previously used as an example to emphasize the role of magma mixing and magmatic …

Late accretion occurred through addition of massive impactors to Earth, leading to potential
heterogeneity in the distribution of highly siderophile elements (HSE: Os, Ir, Ru, Pt, Pd, Re) …

The highly siderophile elements (HSE) consist of the Platinum Group Elements (PGE: Ru,
Rh, Pd, Os, Ir, Pt) along with rhenium and gold. These transition elements show relative …

We performed experiments to determine the solubility of Au and Pd in magmatic aqueous
fluids as a function of oxygen fugacity (ƒO 2), temperature (T), pH and total chloride …