Formation of iron oxide–apatite deposits

M Reich, AC Simon, F Barra, G Palma, T Hou… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2022 - nature.com
Renewed economic interest in iron oxide–apatite (IOA) deposits—containing tens to
hundreds of millions of tonnes of Fe and substantial amounts of rare earth elements, P, Co …

Pyrite trace element behavior in magmatic-hydrothermal environments: An LA-ICPMS imaging study

JA Steadman, RR Large, PH Olin, LV Danyushevsky… - Ore Geology …, 2021 - Elsevier
Trace elements in pyrite are increasingly being used in ore deposit exploration as a
geochemical pathfinder to ore. This is because the trace element systematics of pyrite are …

Opening the magmatic-hydrothermal window: high-precision U-Pb geochronology of the Mesoproterozoic Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia

L Courtney-Davies, CL Ciobanu… - Economic …, 2020 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Establishing timescales for iron oxide copper-gold (IOCG) deposit formation and the
temporal relationships between ores and the magmatic rocks from which hydrothermal …

Lifting the cloak of invisibility: Gold in pyrite from the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia

K Ehrig, CL Ciobanu… - … : Journal of Earth …, 2023 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract “Invisible gold” refers to gold (Au) occurring either within the lattice of a host sulfide
or as discrete nanoparticles (NPs,< 100 nm diameter) within a host that are only observable …

Distinguishing IOCG and IOA deposits via random forest algorithm based on magnetite composition

S Hong, R Zuo, X Huang, Y Xiong - Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 2021 - Elsevier
Iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) and iron oxide-apatite (IOA) are two significant mineral
deposit types with similar tectonic settings and hydrothermal alteration characteristics. There …

Micron-to atomic-scale investigation of rare earth elements in iron oxides

NJ Cook, CL Ciobanu, K Ehrig, AD Slattery… - Frontiers in Earth …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Hematite (α-Fe2O3) and magnetite (Fe3O4) readily accommodate a wide range of minor
and trace elements from across the periodic table at up to wt.% concentrations. This prompts …

The Fe-Cu disconnect: Unraveling a composite iron oxide copper-gold deposit in the olympic Fe-Cu-Au province, gawler craton

J Yu, LJ Morrissey, M Hand, JL Payne… - Economic …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract The northern Olympic Cu-Au province, Gawler craton, Australia, includes a series of
magnetite-dominated deposits/prospects associated with minor Cu-Au mineralization such …

Nanomineralogy of hydrothermal magnetite from Acropolis, South Australia: Genetic implications for iron-oxide copper gold mineralization

MR Verdugo-Ihl, CL Ciobanu… - … : Journal of Earth …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Magnetite is the dominant Fe-oxide at the Acropolis IOCG prospect, Olympic Dam district,
South Australia. Complementary microbeam techniques, including scanning transmission …

Silician magnetite: Si–Fe-nanoprecipitates and other mineral inclusions in magnetite from the Olympic Dam Deposit, South Australia

CL Ciobanu, MR Verdugo-Ihl, A Slattery, NJ Cook… - Minerals, 2019 - mdpi.com
A comprehensive nanoscale study on magnetite from samples from the outer, weakly
mineralized shell at Olympic Dam, South Australia, has been undertaken using atom-scale …

[HTML][HTML] Cobalt occurrence and sulfide geochemistry of the De'erni Cu-Zn-Co deposit in NW China

X Guo, T Zhou, Y Fan, F Wang, Z Liu, X Zhu - Ore Geology Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
The De'erni ultramafic-hosted volcanogenic massive sulfide deposit is a large Cu-Zn-Co
deposit, located in the East Kunlun Orogenic Belt, and contains 0.57 Mt Cu, 0.16 Mt Zn, 0.03 …