Quantitative mass balance of platinum group elements in the Kelly Lake Ni-Cu-PGE deposit, Copper Cliff offset, Sudbury

Physics & Astronomy

• cliffs 100%
• cooling 4%
• copper 47%
• inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry 8%
• lakes 87%
• laser ablation 5%
• low concentrations 5%
• mass balance 83%
• metals 3%
• minerals 23%
• platinum 64%
• pyrrhotite 9%
• recovery 4%
• solid solutions 9%
• sulfides 31%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• ablation 7%
• chalcopyrite 7%
• cliff 70%
• cooling 5%
• copper 47%
• distribution 2%
• hydrothermal alteration 8%
• lake 38%
• laser 5%
• mass balance 58%
• mass spectrometry 6%
• metal 4%
• mineral 8%
• ore 10%
• pentlandite 9%
• plasma 5%
• platinum group 19%
• platinum group element 78%
• pyrrhotite 8%
• solid solution 15%
• sulfide 28%

Chemistry

• Chalcopyrite 10%
• Cooling 7%
• Laser Ablation 9%
• Mass Balance 78%
• Metal 3%
• Mineral 13%
• Ore Beneficiation 16%
• Platinum 12%
• Solid Solution 13%
• Sulfide 32%