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Edraki, Mansour, Somarin, Alireza K., Ashley, Paul M. (2025) A Genetic Model for the Biggenden Gold-Bearing Fe Skarn Deposit, Queensland, Australia: Geology, Mineralogy, Isotope Geochemistry, and Fluid Inclusion Studies. Minerals, 15 (1). doi:10.3390/min15010095

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TitleA Genetic Model for the Biggenden Gold-Bearing Fe Skarn Deposit, Queensland, Australia: Geology, Mineralogy, Isotope Geochemistry, and Fluid Inclusion Studies
JournalMinerals
AuthorsEdraki, MansourAuthor
Somarin, Alireza K.Author
Ashley, Paul M.Author
Year2025 (January 20)Volume15
Issue1
PublisherMDPI AG
DOIdoi:10.3390/min15010095Search in ResearchGate
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Full ReferenceEdraki, Mansour, Somarin, Alireza K., Ashley, Paul M. (2025) A Genetic Model for the Biggenden Gold-Bearing Fe Skarn Deposit, Queensland, Australia: Geology, Mineralogy, Isotope Geochemistry, and Fluid Inclusion Studies. Minerals, 15 (1). doi:10.3390/min15010095
Plain TextEdraki, Mansour, Somarin, Alireza K., Ashley, Paul M. (2025) A Genetic Model for the Biggenden Gold-Bearing Fe Skarn Deposit, Queensland, Australia: Geology, Mineralogy, Isotope Geochemistry, and Fluid Inclusion Studies. Minerals, 15 (1). doi:10.3390/min15010095
In(2025, January) Minerals Vol. 15 (1). MDPI AG

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Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia

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Biggenden Mine, Mount Biggenden, North Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia Actinolite, Albite, Albite-epidote hornfels, Allanite Group, Almandine, Amphibole Supergroup, Amygdaloidal basalt, Andesite, Andradite, Andradite-Grossular Series, Apatite, Aplite, Arsenopyrite, Augite, Basalt, Biotite, Bismuthinite, Breccia, Calc-silicate minerals, Calcite, Calcium Amphibole Subgroup, Chalcopyrite, Chamosite, Chert, Chlorite Group, Clay, Clinopyroxene Subgroup, Cobaltite, Covellite, Diopside, Dolerite, Endoskarn, Epidote, Exoskarn, Garnet Group, Goethite, Granite, Grossular, Hastingsite, Hedenbergite, Hematite, Hornblende, Hornfels, I-type granite, Ilmenite, Johannsenite, K Feldspar, Limestone, Magnetite, Malachite, Marble, Marialite, Meionite, Metasiltstone, Microgranite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Muscovite, Native Bismuth, Native Gold, Nontronite, Pargasite, Piemontite, Pistacite, Plagioclase, Porphyry, Pyrite, Pyroclastic-rock, Pyroxene Group, Quartz, Scapolite, Siltstone, Skarn, Spessartine, Tetrahedrite Subgroup, Titanite, Titanium-bearing Magnetite, Tuff, Volcaniclastic rock, Wacke, Zircon


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