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Sediment-Hosted Zinc-Lead Ores — An Introduction

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Sediment-Hosted Zn-Pb Ores

Part of the book series: Special Publication of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits ((MINERAL DEPOS.,volume 10))

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Sediment-hosted ore deposits are the main source of lead and zinc, representing more than 50% of the world production and more than 60% of the reserves of these metals (see Wellmer et al., this Vol.). They include two main types of ore deposits, the definitions of which in part overlap (Fig. 1).

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Fontboté, L., Boni, M. (1994). Sediment-Hosted Zinc-Lead Ores — An Introduction. In: Fontboté, L., Boni, M. (eds) Sediment-Hosted Zn-Pb Ores. Special Publication of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, vol 10. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03054-7_1

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