Abstract:The theory of ore bearing weathering mantles (WM) was developed at the Institute of Geological Sciences, USSR Academy of Sciences (currently the Institute of Geology of Ore Deposits, Petrography, Mineralogy, and Geochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences) in the 1930s. I.I. Ginzburg was an originator of this theory. The extensive new data on the bauxite , Ni , Au , REE bearing and other rare metal WM has led to the development of a general theory of exogenic ore deposits, which has been confirmed by forecasting… Show more
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