Geochemical patterns in the laterite profile at the Boddington gold deposit, Western Australia

Journal of Geochemical Exploration - Tập 26 - Trang 119-144 - 1986
R. Davy1, M. El-Ansary2
1Geological Survey of Western Australia, 66 Adelaide Terrace, Perth, W.A. 6000, Australia
2Reynolds Australia Mines Pty. Ltd., 28 The Esplanade, Perth, W.A. 6000, Australia

Tài liệu tham khảo

Balasubramanian, 1978, Mineralogy, geochemistry and genesis of bauxites of certain profiles from Western India, 1, 35 Blain, 1977, Sulphide weathering and the evolution of gossans in mineral exploration, Mineral. Sci. Eng. (Johannesburg), 9, 119 Bowler, 1982, Aridity in the late Tertiary and Quaternary of Australia, 35 Butt, 1981, Mineralogy and geochemistry of the weathering of the disseminated nickel sulphide deposit at Mt. Keith, Western Australia, Econ. Geol., 76, 1736, 10.2113/gsecongeo.76.6.1736 Butt, 1975, Geochemical exploration problems in Western Australia exemplified by the Mt. Keith area, 391 Butt, 1980, Conceptual models in exploration geochemistry-Australia, J. Geochem. Explor., 12, 89, 10.1016/0375-6742(79)90067-0 Davy, 1976, The mineral content of Del Park groundwater and its origin, West. Aust. Geol. Surv., Rec. 1976/13 Davy, 1977, Petrography and geochemistry of selected rocks from the Saddleback greenstone belt, West. Aust. Geol. Surv., Rec. 1977/12 Davy, 1978, An orientation investigation of sediments from the Saddleback greenstone belt, West. Aust. Geol. Surv., Rec. 1977/20 Davy, 1979, A study of laterite profiles in relation to bedrock in the Darling Range, near Perth, W.A. West. Aust. Geol. Surv., Rep. Ser., 8, 87 Davy, 1979, Geochemical exploration, Saddleback greenstone belt, Western Australia, West. Aust. Geol. Surv., Rec. 1979/8 De Vletter, 1955, How Cuban nickel ore was formed — a lesson in laterite genesis, Eng. Min. J., 156, 84 De Vletter, 1955, How Cuban nickel ore was formed — a lesson in laterite genesis, Eng. Min. J., 156, 178 El-Ansary, 1980 Hem, 1970, Study and interpretation of the chemical characteristics of natural water, U.S. Geol. Surv., Water-Supply Pap. 1473 Hingston, 1976, The geographic variation of salt precipitated over Western Australia, Aust. J. Soil Res., 14, 319, 10.1071/SR9760319 Jones, 1965, Vanadium deposits of Western Australia, 1, 154 Kemp, 1978, Tertiary climate evolution and vegetation history in the southeast Indian Ocean region, Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 24, 169, 10.1016/0031-0182(78)90042-1 Mann, 1983, Hydrogeochemistry and weathering on the Yilgarn Block, Western Australia — ferrolysis and heavy metals in continental brines, Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta, 47, 181, 10.1016/0016-7037(83)90131-X Mann, 1984, Mobility of gold and silver in lateritic weathering profiles: some observations from Western Australia, Econ. Geol., 79, 38, 10.2113/gsecongeo.79.1.38 Mazzucchelli, 1966, Arsenic as a guide to gold mineralization in laterite-covered areas of Western Australia, Inst. Min. Metall. London, Trans., 75, B286 Norton, 1973, Laterite and bauxite formation, Econ. Geol., 68, 353, 10.2113/gsecongeo.68.3.353 Owen, 1975, Mount Saddleback bauxite area, W.A., 1, 987 Rösler, 1972, Geochemical Tables, 468 Russell, 1973, Soil Conditions and Plant Growth, 849 Sahasrabudhe, 1978, Geochemistry of bauxite profiles on different rock types from central and western India, 2, 734 Schmidt, 1976, Palaeomagnetic results from sediments of the Perth Basin, Western Australia, and their bearing on the timing of regional lateritization, Palaeogeogr., Palaeoclimatol., Palaeoecol., 19, 257, 10.1016/0031-0182(76)90029-8 Smith, 1977, Some aspects of the use of geochemistry in the search for nickel sulphides in lateritic terrain in Western Australia, J. Geochem. Explor., 8, 259, 10.1016/0375-6742(77)90056-5 Smith, 1983, Pisolitic laterite geochemistry in the Golden Grove massive sulphide district, Western Australia, J. Geochem. Explor., 18, 131, 10.1016/0375-6742(83)90061-4 Taylor, 1968, Geochemistry of andesites, 559 Wilde, 1976, The Saddleback Group — a newly discovered Archaean greenstone belt in the southwestern Yilgarn Block, West. Australia Geol. Survey, Ann. Rept. 1975, 92 Wilde, 1980, Pinjarra, Western Australia, West. Aust. Geol. Surv. Worsley Alumina Joint Venturers, 1985, Boddington Gold Mine: Environmental review and management programme, 95 Zeissink, 1969, The mineralogy and geochemistry of a nickeliferous laterite profile (Greenvale, Queensland, Australia), Miner. Deposita, 4, 132, 10.1007/BF00208049 Zeissink, 1971, Trace element behaviour in two nickeliferous laterite profiles, Chem. Geol., 7, 25, 10.1016/0009-2541(71)90029-5