Kiryuite and gunmaite were found as new minerals from Tsukubara, Kiryu City, Gunma Prefecture, Japan. is a Mn-rich analogue of viitaniemiite with an ideal formula NaMnAl(PO4)F3 that mainly occurs white powder in cracks triplite aggregate, occasionally forms porous plate-like aggregates up to 5 mm size, while the grains are several micrometers size. In most cases, also accompanied by small amoun...

The formation of acid mine drainage from metals extraction or natural acid rock drainage and its mixing with surface waters is a complex process that depends on petrology and mineralogy, structural geology, geomorphology, surface-water hydrology, hydrogeology, climatology, microbiology, chemistry, and mining and mineral processing history. The concentrations of metals, metalloids, acidity, alka...

Abstract Filo del Sol is a composite porphyry-epithermal deposit, straddling the frontier between Argentina and Chile at latitude 28°29′ S, that has attracted great deal of recent attention because several drill intersections in excess 1 km long with unusually high Cu, Au, Ag grades. The deposit part 8.5-km-long, N- to NE-trending alignment porphyry high-sulfidation epithermal centers, which, t...

This review paper aims to integrate geological, tectonic and metallogenetic data, including new propose a regional model for the gold (and base metal) mineralization in south Amazonian Craton support mineral exploration concerning magmatic–hydrothermal deposits. The Proterozoic evolution of comprises accretion terrains Archean Carajás Mineral Province. In Tapajós Juruena provinces, located at p...

-In the active hydrothermal areas of Tengchong there is widespread evidence that hydrothermal minerals are deposited directly from the geothermal fluid or from water-rock interactions. X-ray powder diffraction, electron microprobe analyses and classical optical methods were used to identify these hydrothermal minerals. Sulfates (gypsum, alunite, alunogen, halotrichite, etc.), carbonates (calcit...

In experiments at 600°C in the system NaCI-KCI-H20, within the analytical uncertainty, stoichiometric quantities of C1 and total alkali metals (Na+K) appear to dissolve in steam coexisting with chloride-rich brine at high pressures in the absence of solid salt. In contrast, at lower pressures, where steam coexists with precipitated salts, significant excess chloride as associated hydrogen chlor...

High-alumina minerals refer, in this paper, to Al-rich, normal sedimentary phases, including gibbsite, boehmite, diaspore, possibly "proto-diaspore" and "proto-alunite", "Al-chlorite", and corundum, in association with kaolin minerals. They may be derived from any common Al-containing rock. Processes of origin include direct bauxitization of non-clay silicate minerals and rocks, and the desilic...

2289 for XXXXIII Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2012, Houston, TX) POTENTIAL EXISTENCE OF AL-BEARING SULFATES ON MARS AND THEIR SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS. Yuhang Zhou and Alian Wang, Dept of Earth and Planetary Sciences and McDonnell Center for Space Sciences, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, 63130, USA ([email protected], [email protected] ) Potential existence of...

Among novel structural materials, composites are attractive because they combine the properties of two o more individual components. As an important example, in alumina-zirconia ceramic composite system, the incorporation of α-Al2O3 into stabilized zirconia increases significantly the mechanical and thermal properties. In this work an alumina-zirconia ceramic composite have been prepared with d...

Remote sensing plays an important role in mineral exploration. One of its proven applications is extracting host-rock lithology and alteration zones that are related to porphyry copper deposits. An Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) was used to map the Baogutu porphyry deposit alteration area. A circular alteration mineral zoning pattern was clearly observed ...