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MAFIC INTRUSION-HOSTED TITANIUM-IRON DEPOSIT [1 record]

Record 1 2006-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Iron and Manganese Mining
  • Metals Mining
CONT

Mafic intrusion-hosted iron-titanium deposits ... are in many respects analogous to stratiform chromite deposits, the difference being that the former segregated from less primitive magmas which gave rise to less chrome-rich oxide phases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de fer et de manganèse
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Les gîtes de titane-fer dans des intrusions mafiques [...] sont à maints égards analogues aux gîtes stratiformes de chromite; ils s'en distinguent par le fait qu'ils se sont formés à partir de magmas moins primitifs qui ont produit des phases oxydées moins riches en chrome.

Key term(s)
  • gisement de titane-fer encaissé dans des intrusions mafiques
  • gisement de titane-fer dans des intrusions mafiques
  • gîte de fer et de titane dans des intrusions mafiques

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