This study reports major, minor, and trace element data and Sr isotope ratios for 11 uranium ore (uraninite, UO2þx) samples and one processed uranium ore concentrate (UOC) from various U.S. deposits. The uraninite investigated represent ores formed via different modes of mineralization (e.g., highand lowtemperature) and within various geological contexts, which include magmatic pegmatites, meta...

In this study two small, but genetically related iron carbonate deposits Mačje Jame and Vranjski Potok, south west of Busovača (MBSM), located in the pre-Devonian metamorphic complex were investigated in detail. Analyses of the main chemical components, trace elements, REE, isotope composition of C, O, S, 87Sr/86Sr ratio of rhyolite, plot of REE normalized to CI chondrites and a microscopic stu...

The goal of this paper is a first attempt to link the geology and mineral deposits of the Gondwana GIS, called GO-GEOID, to spatial statistics and map modelling. Such integration allows, for example, meaningful identification of the mineral potential of unexplored regions relative to those around them that are known to host major ore deposits. We use gold and tin deposits of Africa to derive pr...

Electron-probe microanalyses and scanning electron microscopy of chrornitites from some ultramafic members of Neyriz ophiolite indicate that sulifides of platinum- group minerals (PGMs) occur as solid inclusions in chromite grains. Laurite with the general formula of (Ru ,Os ,lr ) S , and erlichmanite are the main identified sulfide phases. The PGMs occur as 4 to 20 microns euhedral to rect...

post-mineralization activities may cause difficulties in the process of ore modeling in porphyry deposits. sungun, nw iran, is one of the porphyry copper deposits, in which dyke intrusions have made ore modeling more complicated than expected. among different kinds of dykes, two types were chosen and the consequent geostatistical analyses were applied on. in this study, simple directional vario...

Magmatic sulfide deposits are the most significant source of platinum-group elements (PGE) in the world. Key to understanding their genesis is determining the processes and timing of sulfide saturation, metal enrichment and crustal contamination. In this study, we have identified droplets of magmatic sulfide from the Platreef, South Africa, where droplets of sulfide have been trapped in the ear...