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The use of mercury in geochemical prospecting for mercury
Boris Berce
The use of mercury in geochemical prospecting for mercury
Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (November 1965) 60 (7): 1516-1528
The use of mercury in geochemical prospecting for mercury
Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (November 1965) 60 (7): 1516-1528
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Abstract
Mercury is especially useful in geochemical prospecting because of its migration and dispersion to considerable distances from ore, and its subsequent stability in the deposit. At Idrija (Yugoslavia), Hg contents of 8-10 ppm mark the rather pronounced threshold between an inner dispersion aureole and a regional aureole, the latter being some 100 meters across. Secondary aureoles of tectonic origin make possible the discovery of blind ore bodies 100 m below the surface, beneath a barren thrust plate. Contamination from the smelting plant is negligible at distances exceeding one kilometer.
ISSN: 0361-0128
EISSN: 1554-0774
Coden: ECGLAL
Serial Title: Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists
Serial Volume: 60
Serial Issue: 7
Title: The use of mercury in geochemical prospecting for mercury
Author(s): Berce, Boris
Pages: 1516-1528
Published: 196511
Text Language: English
Publisher: Economic Geology Publishing Company,
Lancaster, PA,
United States
Accession Number: 1965-000376
Categories: Economic geology of ore deposits
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: illus.
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from Bibliography and Index of Geology Exclusive of North America, Geological Society of America, Boulder, CO, United States
Update Code: 1965