Magmatic Ore Deposits in Layered Intrusions?Descriptive Model for Reef-Type PGE and Contact-Type Cu-Ni-PGE Deposits - Softcover

U.S. Department Of The Interior

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1495906531 ISBN 13: 9781495906534

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2014

Synopsis

Layered, ultramafic to mafic intrusions are uncommon in the geologic record, but host magmatic ore deposits containing most of the world’s economic concentrations of platinum-group elements (PGE) (figs. 1 and 2). These deposits are mined primarily for their platinum, palladium, and rhodium contents (table 1). Magmatic ore deposits are derived from accumulations of crystals of metallic oxides, or immiscible sulfide, or oxide liquids that formed during the cooling and crystallization of magma, typically with mafic to ultramafic compositions.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1495906531
• ISBN 13: 9781495906534
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 54