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Indium in cassiterite and ores of tin deposits. / Pavlova, G. G.; Palessky, S. V.; Borisenko, A. S. et al.
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T1 - Indium in cassiterite and ores of tin deposits
AU - Pavlova, G. G.
AU - Palessky, S. V.
AU - Borisenko, A. S.
AU - Vladimirov, A. G.
AU - Seifert, Th
AU - Phan, Luu Anh
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - The results obtained with LA-ICP-MS by less abundant lighter 113In isotope and EPMA show that in cassiterite of cassiterite-quartz veins the indium contents do not exceed 160ppm, while cassiterite from Sn-sulfide veins is characterized by higher indium contents from 40 to 485ppm; sulfides of Sn-sulfide veins unlike sulfides of cassiterite-quartz veins also have the highest indium contents: Fe-sphalerite (100-25,000ppm), chalcopyrite (up to 1000ppm), and stannite (up to 60,000ppm). Indium contents in the Sn-sulfide ore of the Tigrinoe and Pravourmiiskoe deposits obtained using SR-XRF, ICP-MS and atomic absorption methods range from 10 to 433ppm with average values of 56-65ppm. Indium-rich Sn-sulfide mineralization in five large Sn-Ag ore districts of the Far East Russia (Khingansky, Badzhalsky, Komsomolsky, Arminsky, Kavalerovsky) provides the impetus for further exploration of deposits with Sn-sulfide mineralization as the most promising indium resources in Russia. Empirical observations from geology and geochronology of cassiterite-quartz and Sn-sulfide mineralization show that the combined contribution from granite and alkaline-subalkaline mafic sources and multistage ore-forming processes doubled indium resources of deposits being the main factors in the formation of high grade indium mineralization.
AB - The results obtained with LA-ICP-MS by less abundant lighter 113In isotope and EPMA show that in cassiterite of cassiterite-quartz veins the indium contents do not exceed 160ppm, while cassiterite from Sn-sulfide veins is characterized by higher indium contents from 40 to 485ppm; sulfides of Sn-sulfide veins unlike sulfides of cassiterite-quartz veins also have the highest indium contents: Fe-sphalerite (100-25,000ppm), chalcopyrite (up to 1000ppm), and stannite (up to 60,000ppm). Indium contents in the Sn-sulfide ore of the Tigrinoe and Pravourmiiskoe deposits obtained using SR-XRF, ICP-MS and atomic absorption methods range from 10 to 433ppm with average values of 56-65ppm. Indium-rich Sn-sulfide mineralization in five large Sn-Ag ore districts of the Far East Russia (Khingansky, Badzhalsky, Komsomolsky, Arminsky, Kavalerovsky) provides the impetus for further exploration of deposits with Sn-sulfide mineralization as the most promising indium resources in Russia. Empirical observations from geology and geochronology of cassiterite-quartz and Sn-sulfide mineralization show that the combined contribution from granite and alkaline-subalkaline mafic sources and multistage ore-forming processes doubled indium resources of deposits being the main factors in the formation of high grade indium mineralization.
KW - High grade indium ore
KW - Indium
KW - Indium content detection
KW - Russia Far East
KW - Sn-In polymetallic ore
KW - Sn-sulfide mineralization
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U2 - 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.10.009
DO - 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2014.10.009
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84920611784
VL - 66
SP - 99
EP - 113
JO - Ore Geology Reviews
JF - Ore Geology Reviews
SN - 0169-1368
ER -
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