Using groundwater chemical and isotopic composition in the search for base metal deposits: hydrogeochemical investigations in the Hinta and Kayar Pb-Zn districts, India

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2009

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de Caritat, Patrice
McPhail, Derry
Kyser, Kurt
Oates, Christopher

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Geological Society of London

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As part of mineral exploration campaigns carried out by Anglo American plc in India, groundwater samples were collected from over 200 wells in the Hinta and Kayar sedimentary exhalative base metal districts to evaluate the usefulness of hydrogeochemistry

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Keywords: carbonate rock; chemical composition; chemical weathering; dispersion; evaporation; evapotranspiration; groundwater; hydrogeochemistry; isotopic composition; mineral exploration; mineralization; thermodynamics; Asia; Eurasia; India; South Asia Chemical fingerprint; Dispersion; Hydrogeochemistry; Mineral exploration

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Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis

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