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Genetic significance of trace elements in certain rocks of Singhbhum, India

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Bibhuti Mukherjee
Bibhuti Mukherjee*
Affiliation:
Geological Survey of India, Calcutta—13
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Summary

The distribution of trace elements is studied in different acid and basic rocks, adjacent to the copper lodes in the Mosaboni mines, Singhbhum, and adjoining the thrust zone, as well as of areas far away from the mineralized zones. Specific differences in composition and trace constituents in these rocks especially as regards S, Cu, Ni, and Co, suggest that the relationship of the Singhbhum granite with the soda granite is most unlikely, and that there is a connection between the soda granite and the sulphide ore-fluid ; a genetic relationship of sulphide mineralization with the epidiorite is doubtful. The possibility of the existence of a common source for the Chotanagpur granite and the Singhbhum granite is inferred.

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Research Article
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Mineralogical magazine and journal of the Mineralogical Society , Volume 36 , Issue 281 , March 1968 , pp. 661 - 670
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Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 1968

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