- Mineral Resources
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- Basement domains of the conterminous US and Alaska
Geological environments and metal endowments found in Oceanic basin basement domains
- Geological environment: Spreading ridge
- Primary metal endowments: Magmatic Ni-Cu ± PGE
References
Galley, A.G., Hannington, M., and Jonasson, I., 2007, Volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, in Goodfellow, W.D., ed., Mineral deposits of Canada—A synthesis of major deposit-types, district metallogeny, the evolution of geological provinces, and exploration methods: Geological Association of Canada Mineral Deposits Division Special Publication 5, p. 141–161.
Schulz, K.J., Chandler, V.W., Nicholson, S.W., Piatak, Nadine, Seal, R.R., II, Woodruff, L.G., and Zientek, M.L., 2010, Magmatic sulfide-rich nickel-copper deposits related to picrite and (or) tholeiitic basalt dike-sill complexes—A preliminary deposit model: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010–1179, 25 p; http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1179/.
- Geological environment: Spreading ridge
- Primary metal endowments: Podiform Cr
References
Cawthorn, R.G., Barnes, S.J., Ballhaus, C., and Malitch, K.N., 2005, Platinum group element, chromium, and vanadium deposits in mafic and ultramafic rocks: Economic Geology 100th Anniversary Volume, p. 215–250.
Mosier, D.L., Singer, D.A., Moring, B.C., and Galloway, J.P., 2012, Podiform chromite deposits—Database and grade and tonnage models: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2012–5157, 45 p. and database; http://pubs.usgs.gov/sir/2012/5157/.
- Geological environment: Black smoker and brine pool
- Primary metal endowments: Cu-Zn and Au-base metal VMS
References
Galley, A.G., Hannington, M., and Jonasson, I., 2007, Volcanogenic massive sulphide deposits, in Goodfellow, W.D., ed., Mineral deposits of Canada—A synthesis of major deposit-types, district metallogeny, the evolution of geological provinces, and exploration methods: Geological Association of Canada Mineral Deposits Division Special Publication 5, p. 141–161.
Schulz, K.J., Chandler, V.W., Nicholson, S.W., Piatak, Nadine, Seal, R.R., II, Woodruff, L.G., and Zientek, M.L., 2010, Magmatic sulfide-rich nickel-copper deposits related to picrite and (or) tholeiitic basalt dike-sill complexes—A preliminary deposit model: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010–1179, 25 p; http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2010/1179/.
