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Textural relations and other features suggest PGE that (Platinum group element-bearing) Mo-Ni sulfide beds of South China and similar beds from Canada most likely originated by venting of hydrothermal fluids to the sea floor during sedimentation.
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Coveney, R., Pasava, J. (2005). Origins of Au-Pt-Pd-bearing Ni-Mo-As-(Zn) deposits hosted by Chinese black shales. In: Mao, J., Bierlein, F.P. (eds) Mineral Deposit Research: Meeting the Global Challenge. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27946-6_26
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