Geochemistry and mineralogy of platinum group element mineralization in the river valley intrusion, Ontario, Canada : A model for early-stage sulfur saturation and multistage emplacement and the implications for "contact-type" Ni-Cu-PGE sulfide mineralization

• Main Authors: David A. Holwell, R. R. Keays, E. A. Firth, J. Findlay
• Format: Other Non-Article Part of Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: Uncategorized; Science & Technology; Physical Sciences; Geochemistry & Geophysics; NORTHERN BUSHVELD COMPLEX; LA-ICP-MS; SOUTH-AFRICA; METAL ENRICHMENT; NORILSK REGION; SILICATE ROCKS; FLOOD BASALTS; MERENSKY REEF; ORE-DEPOSITS; PLATREEF; Canada; Norilsk; Bull Lake; norilsk
• Online Access: https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Geochemistry_and_mineralogy_of_platinum_group_element_mineralization_in_the_river_valley_intrusion_Ontario_Canada_A_model_for_early-stage_sulfur_saturation_and_multistage_emplacement_and_the_implications_for_contact-type_Ni-Cu-PGE_sulfide_m/10179314

The River Valley Intrusion (RVI) within the ~2.48 Ga East Bull Lake Intrusive Suite in Ontario, Canada, is an example of a mafic igneous intrusion with 'contact-type' Ni-Cu- PGE sulfide mineralization along its base. Whereas many 'contact-type' deposits are thought to form from i...