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Textural Evidence for Extensive Melting of the Broken Hill Orebody

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Frost, B Ronald; Swapp, S; Mavrogenes, John

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Galena, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite in samples of Zn-rich ore from the Broken Hill orebody show textures similar to those in partially melted metamorphic rocks, including strings of low melting phases separating lithons of minerals likely to be restite,

dc.contributor.authorFrost, B Ronald
dc.contributor.authorSwapp, S
dc.contributor.authorMavrogenes, John
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:16:10Z
dc.identifier.issn0361-0128
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/70733
dc.description.abstractGalena, pyrrhotite, and chalcopyrite in samples of Zn-rich ore from the Broken Hill orebody show textures similar to those in partially melted metamorphic rocks, including strings of low melting phases separating lithons of minerals likely to be restite,
dc.publisherEconomic Geology Publishing Company
dc.sourceEconomic Geology; Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists
dc.subjectKeywords: Broken Hills; Chalcophile elements; Extensive melting; Low melting; Partial annealing; Sulfide melt; Sulfosalts; Bismuth; Copper compounds; Dihedral angle; Iron ores; Lead; Metamorphic rocks; Minerals; Ore deposits; Zinc; Zinc sulfide; Melting; cooling; c
dc.titleTextural Evidence for Extensive Melting of the Broken Hill Orebody
dc.typeJournal article
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.citationvolume106
dc.date.issued2011
local.identifier.absfor040299 - Geochemistry not elsewhere classified
local.identifier.absfor040307 - Ore Deposit Petrology
local.identifier.ariespublicationf2965xPUB2396
local.type.statusPublished Version
local.contributor.affiliationFrost, B Ronald, University of Wyoming
local.contributor.affiliationSwapp, S, University of Wyoming
local.contributor.affiliationMavrogenes, John, College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, ANU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.bibliographicCitation.issue5
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage869
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage882
local.identifier.doi10.2113/econgeo.106.5.869
local.identifier.absseo849999 - Mineral Resources (excl. Energy Resources) not elsewhere classified
dc.date.updated2016-02-24T08:26:15Z
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-79961096081
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