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CHROMITE DEPOSIT [1 record]

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Record 1 2020-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chromium, Molybdenum and Tungsten Mining
  • Economic Geology
CONT

Chromite deposit can be divided into two main types: stratiform or layered deposits and podiform or alpine type chromite deposit.

CONT

Without chromite-specific physical indicators, the traditional methods of ore body location, outcrop analysis, trenching, and drilling remain the most reliable way to locate chromite deposits.

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... any other deposits formed in new oceanic crust may ... eventually be mechanically incorporated into island-arc geosynclines. The most likely victims will be the chromite deposits of alpine-type peridotites and gabbros ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines de chrome, de molybdène et de tungstène
  • Géologie économique
CONT

En ce qui concerne les gisements de chromite, on distingue trois principaux types : les gisements stratiformes des complexes stratifiés basiques-ultrabasiques (Bushveld, Great Dyke) ; les gisements podiformes des complexes ophiolitiques (Nouvelle-Calédonie) et les gisements des roches ultrabasiques archéennes (Selukwe).

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