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SEGREGATION SULFURES [1 record]

Record 1 2005-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Metal Ores
  • Geochemistry
CONT

A broad group of deposits containing nickel-copper-platinum group elements (PGE) occur as sulphide segregations associated with a variety of mafic and ultramafic magmatic rocks.

CONT

Nickel-copper sulphide deposits are sulphide concentrations that occur in certain mafic and/or ultramafic intrusions or volcanic flows.

Key term(s)
  • sulfide segregation
  • sulfide concentration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Minerais divers (Mines métalliques)
  • Géochimie
CONT

Des minéralisations de nickel-cuivre-éléments du groupe du platine (ÉGP) se présentant sous forme de ségrégations de sulfures dans une variété de roches magmatiques mafiques et ultramafiques définissent un large groupe de gîtes métallifères.

CONT

Les gîtes de sulfures de nickel-cuivre sont des concentrations de sulfures qui sont encaissées dans certaines intrusions ou coulées volcaniques de composition mafique ou ultramafique.

Spanish

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