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Minerals, Volume 15, Issue 3

March 2025 - 132 articles

Cover Story: The Walton carbonate-replacement Ag-Pb-Zn-Cu sulphide deposit consists of a finely crystalline massive baryte body overlying a siderostone-hosted sulphide body. The siderostone formed due to dissimilatory iron reduction (DIR) that led to the breakdown of Fe–Mn oxyhydroxides and organic matter, whereas the massive baryte body likely resulted from the mixing of sulphate-rich and Ba-rich fluid reservoirs. Siderite and baryte are abundant in many sedimentary rock-hosted sulphide deposits; therefore, their origin is essential to understanding the genesis of the deposit. View this paper
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Articles (132)

  • Article
  • Open Access
2,002 Views
37 Pages

20 March 2025

Siderite and baryte are common non-sulphide phases in sedimentary exhalative (SEDEX) deposits, but their formation remains poorly understood. Siderite is important as an exploration vector in some deposits, whereas baryte is important as a S source i...

  • Article
  • Open Access
986 Views
20 Pages

Hydrothermal Retrogradation from Chlorite to Tosudite: Effect on the Optical Properties

  • Zahra Ahmadi,
  • Fernando Nieto,
  • Farhad Khormali,
  • Nicolás Velilla,
  • Morteza Einali,
  • Abbas Maghsoudi and
  • Arash Amini

20 March 2025

In the argillic alteration zone of the SinAbad area of the Urumieh–Dokhtar magmatic belt (Iran), Mg-rich, Fe-poor chlorites, which crystallised at temperatures between 160 °C and 260 °C, were affected by extensive alteration to smectite...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,057 Views
21 Pages

Utilisation of Zinc Processing Tailings (ZPTs) in Fired Clay Bricks Manufacturing: Case Study

  • Ali Messai,
  • Juan M. Menéndez-Aguado,
  • Linda Berrekbia,
  • Ikram Meramria,
  • Begoña Fernández Pérez,
  • Vladimir Nikolić,
  • Milan Trumić and
  • Amir Boustila

20 March 2025

Zinc processing tailings (ZPTs) of the Kharzet Youcef processing complex, Setif, Algeria, are mainly stockpiled in tailing dumps without use, occupying significant surfaces and negatively influencing the human environment and health. Incorporating ZP...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,366 Views
43 Pages

Massive Dolomitization of Interior and Slope to Basin-Margin Facies of the Triassic Yangtze Platform Through Superposed Earth-Surface and Burial Mechanisms, Nanpanjiang Basin, South China

  • Nathaniel S. Ledbetter Ferrill,
  • Xiaowei Li,
  • Josephine Tesauro,
  • Madison Sears,
  • George M. Bradley,
  • Arianna Hilbert,
  • Eryn Carney,
  • Justice Saxby,
  • Neda Mobasher and
  • Brian M. Kelley
  • + 5 authors

19 March 2025

Triassic strata of the Yangtze Platform at Guanling contain a dolomitized interior, undolomitized margin, and partially dolomitized slope to basin margin. Dolomitized microbial laminate caps of peritidal cycles and massive dolomite with associated ev...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,274 Views
48 Pages

19 March 2025

The calcareous nannoplankton comprises haptophyte eukaryotes known as coccolithophores, capable of calcifying elaborate external skeletons (coccoliths s.l.) which differ morphologically depending on the phase of the life cycle considered, and the loc...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,098 Views
17 Pages

Leaching Behavior of Waste Barrier Material with Sulfuric Acid

  • Saiya Li,
  • Yujie Zhao,
  • Junfeng Cheng,
  • Yuting Chen,
  • Weiping Liu and
  • Wei Sun

19 March 2025

The comprehensive recycling of aluminum electrolysis cell waste barrier material is urgent. This study focuses on the sulfuric acid leaching of waste barrier material, systematically examining the effects of factors such as reaction temperature, liqu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
781 Views
26 Pages

Chronology and Petrogenesis of the Yangjiayu Complex from Eastern China: Evidence from Zircon U–Pb Dating, Hf Isotopes, and Geochemical Characteristics

  • Huiji Zhao,
  • Yanchao Han,
  • Yinan Liu,
  • Guangzhou Mao,
  • Lei Chen,
  • Yuanyuan Cui,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Yongming Liu,
  • Quanguo Jiang and
  • Lili Wang

19 March 2025

This study examines the origin, tectonic setting, and Cu–Pb–Zn polymetallic mineralization of the Yangjiayu Complex, situated on the southwestern margin of the Jiaolai Basin. We present detailed geochemical, zircon U–Pb geochronolog...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,074 Views
26 Pages

19 March 2025

The fluid action mechanism and diagenetic evolution of tuff reservoirs in the Cretaceous Huoshiling Formation of the Dehui fault depression are discussed herein. The fluid properties of the diagenetic flow are defined, and the pore formation mechanis...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
870 Views
14 Pages

The Uplift and Denudation History of the Jianfeng Pluton on Hainan Island, China

  • Di Lin,
  • Guicheng Xue,
  • Yong Zheng,
  • Gucheng Zhang,
  • Zailong Hu,
  • Changxin Wei,
  • Zhizhuang Zhang and
  • Qinmin Yuan

19 March 2025

Hainan Island is the only large island located on the northern margin of the South China Sea and is surrounded by Cenozoic graben basins, including the Qiongdongnan, Yinggehai, and Beibuwan basins. The uplift and denudation history of the Jianfeng pl...

  • Review
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,415 Views
23 Pages

19 March 2025

The discharge of wastewater containing persistent organic pollutants presents significant ecological and health challenges due to their toxicity and resilience. Recent advances in advanced oxidation processes (AOPs) and other remediation mechanisms,...

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