Chromitite and platinum-group-element mineralization at middle arm brook, central advocate ophiolite complex, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada

• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Advocate complex; Baie verte peninsula; Canada; Chromitite; Middle arm brook; Newfoundland; Ophiolite; Platinum-group elements; Platinum-group minerals; Chromitites; Newfoundlands; Platinum group elements; Chromite; Chromite deposits; Chromium; Desulfurization; Igneous rocks; Iridium; Lithology; Osmium; Osmium alloys; Platinum; Ruthenium; Ruthenium alloys; Serpentine; Sulfur; Sulfur compounds; Platinum compounds; high temperature; mineralization; peridotite; platinum group element; subduction; Newfoundland and Labrador; Verte; Baie Verte; Baie Verte Peninsula; Middle Arm; Middle Arm Brook
• Online Access: https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_00084476_v49_n6_p1523_Escayola; https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12110/paper_00084476_v49_n6_p1523_Escayola

We report the first find of chromitite in the mantle harzburgite of the Advocate ophiolite complex, Baie Verte Peninsula, Newfoundland, Canada. Chromitite occurs as centimetric veins, pods and schlieren enveloped by dunite at Middle Arm Brook. The composition of the chromian spinel is homogeneous, w...