The Mt Weld lanthanide deposit in central Western Australia is considered to be one of the largest high grade deposits known in the world, first reported as a carbonate and phosphate rich ultramafic silicate intrusion that contained a resource of the Lanthanide series [1]. It has been dated between 1.6 – 2.0 billion years, where the formation of a carbonate layer in the cooling melt created a p...

the origin of the proterozoic choghart iron oxide deposit in the bafq mining district of central iran has been the subject of a long-standing dispute. some authors believe that it was formed from magma, while others suggest metasomatic replacement of preexisting rocks. the present study on the basis of new oxygen isotope, ree and geochemical data concludes that neither of these two hypotheses c...

The Pernambuco Basin represents one of the most prominent regions for deep water oil and gas exploration off the Brazilian coast. This study aims to identify and describe the occurrence of carbonate buildups in the offshore regions of the basin. The study was based on an analysis of a set of 143 2D time-migrated seismic sections that cover the offshore region of the Pernambuco Basin. An interpr...

The Baiyanghe uranium deposit is a currently important medium-sized deposit in the Xuemisitan area, Xinjiang. The hydrothermal alteration in this deposit is closely related to the uranium mineralization of the deposit. In this study, hyperspectral data are collected from drill cores in the Baiyanghe uranium deposit using a FieldSpec4 visible-shortwave infrared spectrometer to study the hydrothe...

Asbestiform sepiolite has been found in a zinc deposit at Franklin, New Jersey. The host rock is Precambrian Franklin marble. Pseudomorphous foliated texture and cross-cutting relationships indicate replacement of talc by sepiolite. Sepiolite is manganoan, while talc contains little manganese, suggesting differences in manganese substitution in these minerals and providing evidence against soli...

Abstract The McArthur River (HYC) Zn-Pb-Ag deposit in the Carpentaria Zn belt, northern Australia, is one of world’s largest and most studied sediment-hosted base metal deposits, owing to its lack deformation preservation sedimentary ore textures. However, formation process (syngenetic vs. epigenetic) still a subject controversy. In this paper we focus on key characteristics HYC that remain une...

The Tullacondra Cu-Ag deposit is located on the southern margin of Lower Carboniferous Irish Midlands orefield and contains historical reserves approximately 4.2 Mt at 0.7% Cu 27.5 ppm Ag. hosted within hanging wall a feeder fault, EW-trending Fault, where sulfides sulfosalts containing elevated Cu, Ag, As, Sb deposited, whereas Zn Pb are nearly absent. deposition in took place along bedding be...