Tectonically, the Sanjiang Tethyan Metallogenic Domain (STMD) is located within the
eastern Himalayan–Tibetan Orogen in the Sanjiang Tethys, southwestern China. Although …

Abstract The Iberian Pyrite Belt (IPB) has, over the past decade, been an area of renewed
mining activity and scientific research that has resulted in a wealth of new data and new …

Iron formations are economically important sedimentary rocks that are most common in
Precambrian sedimentary successions. Although many aspects of their origin remain …

A comprehensive account of ore-forming processes, revised and updated The revised
second edition of Introduction to Ore-Forming Processes offers a guide to the multiplicity of …

Abstract Gold mineralization at Sukhoi Log in eastern Siberia is hosted in a deformed
Neoproterozoic organic-bearing and pyritic black shale and siltstone sequence that is folded …

Zonal alteration is a common feature in volcanic rocks surrounding sea-floor massive sulfide
deposits. Alteration indexes, such as the Ishikawa alteration index (AI) and the chlorite …

Volcanogenic massive sulphide (VMS) deposits, also known as volcanic-associated,
volcanic-hosted, and volcanosedimentary-hosted massive sulphide deposits, are major …

Seafloor hydrothermal activity at mid-ocean ridges has a major impact on the chemistry of
the oceans [Edmond et al., 1979] and has been responsible for extensive alteration of …