A ground-water mixing model for the origin of the Imini manganese deposit (Cretaceous) of Morocco

Economic Geology
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Three beds of manganese oxide ore in a 10 m-thick dolomite unit are associated with diagenetic features, and, are accordingly also diagenetic in their present aspect. Whether primary or introduced, the Mn mineralogy is attributed to reactions between fresh and saline ground-waters as the zone of mixing passed through the dolomite unit during a period of falling sea-level. The succession of diagenetic changes is: 1) precursor carbonates, 2) dolomite-janggunite, 3) hollandite-pyrolusite-chert-calcite.-G.J.N.

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Publication type Article
Publication Subtype Journal Article
Title A ground-water mixing model for the origin of the Imini manganese deposit (Cretaceous) of Morocco
Series title Economic Geology
DOI 10.2113/gsecongeo.81.1.65
Volume 81
Issue 1
Year Published 1986
Language English
Publisher Society of Economic Geologists
Description 15 p.
First page 65
Last page 79
Country Morocco
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