UID:
almahu_9948026554102882
Format:
1 online resource (200 p.)
ISBN:
0-444-59715-8
Series Statement:
Developments in economic geology ; 26
Content:
The platinum-group elements (PGE) include platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and osmium. They are currently receiving world-wide attention as an attractive exploration target because they offer the dual attraction of rare, high value precious metals as well as major industrial applications. Platinum has aesthetic qualities, combined with a permanent lustre, which encourage its use in the manufacture of jewellery and, like gold, it also finds an investment role. Platinum, rhodium and palladium have important applications as catalysts, enabling petroleum and other fuels and chemica
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
,
Front Cover; Platinum-Group Elemente Xploration; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Foreword; Glossary; Chapter 1. COMMODITY REVIEW; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Geological Association; 1.3 Technical Applications and Industrial Uses; 1.4 Marketing and Investment Role; 1.5 Strategic Role; Chapter 2 . CONTROLS OH SULPHIDE SOLUBILITY; 2. 1 Introduction; 2.2 Predicted Controls; 2.3 Experimental Studies; 2.4 Application to Natural Rocks; Chapter 3 . PYROXEBES; 3.1 Chemical Classification; 3.2 Pyroxene Immiscibility and Exsolution; 3.3 Electron Microprobe Analysis of Exsolved Pyroxenes
,
Chapter 4. PHASE CHEMISTRY OF MAFIC AND ULTRAMAFIC MAGMAS: PRIMARY AND SECONDARY PROCESSES4.1 Silicate Phase Fractionation; 4.2 Stable Isotope Geochemistry; 4.3 PGE Mineralogy; Chapter 5. MINING GEOLOGY OF THE PRINCIPAL DEPOSITS; 5.1 Bushveld Complex; 5.2 Sudbury Nickel Irruptive; 5.3 Komatiite-hosted Nickel Sulphides; 5.4 PGE Deposits in the USSR and China; 5.5 Stillwater Complex; Chapter 6 . TARGET SELECTION; 6.1 Geological Environments; 6.2 Intrusions in Cratonic Areas; 6.3 Bodies Emplaced During Orogenesis; Chapter 7. EXPLORATION GUIDELINES; 7.1 Analytical Techniques
,
7.2 Lithogeochemistry of the Bushveld Complex7.3 Application of Lithogeochemistry; 7.4 PGE Concentrations in Magmatic Sulphide Ores; 7.5 Primary and Secondary Dispersion; 7.6 Remote Sensing and Geophysical Techniques; Chapter 8. EVALUATIOH GUIDELINES; 8.1 Geostatistical Ore Reserve Evaluation; 8.2 Economic Modelling; Chapter 9. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS; 9.1 Exploration and Investment Climate; 9.2 Chemical Factors; 9.3 Primary PGE Associations and Controls on Mineralization; 9.4 Exploration Guidelines; Bibliography; Index
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-444-42958-1
Language:
English
Bookmarklink
