Syngenesis and epigenesis in the formation of mineral deposits : a volume in honour of professor G. Christian Amstutz on the occasion of his 60th birthday, with special reference to one of his main scientific interests

I General Observations on Syngenesis and Epigenesis.- Textures of Ore Minerals and Their Genetic Significance.- Genetic Significance of Ore Fabric: Some Examples from the Apuseni Mountains Ore Deposits.- Syngenetic and Epigenetic Textures of Manganese Oxide Ores in the Supergene Weathering Zone.- Chalcopyrite-Sphalerite Textures in Some Spanish Syngenetic and Epigenetic Deposits: Guadarrama Mountains, Aznalcollar, and La Union.- Iron Sulfides in Sedimentary Rocks. Some Occurrences in Romania.- Sedimentary Pyrite from Pb-Zn Deposits of the Zawar and Rajpura-Dariba Regions and Its Bearing on the Genesis of Base Metal Sulfides.- Observations on the Morphology and Texture of Pyrite from Amjhore, Bihar, India.- Ore Microscopy of the Silver Minerals in the Epigenetic Ag-W-Sn Deposits in the Silver Mine District, Southeastern Missouri, U.S.A..- Contributions of a Regional Character.- Mineral Deposits in Relation to the Global Tectonic Megacycles.- Strata-Bound Deposits of Argentina.- Syngenesis and Epigenesis in Strata-Bound Metamorphosed Precambrian Sulfide Deposits of India.- Sulfide Minerals in Coal with Emphasis on Australian Occurrences.- Geochemical Investigations and Their Genetic Significance.- On the Isotopic Composition of Carbon in Epigenetic Graphites.- Sampling Chaotic Variation, an Essay into Scientific Methodology for Geochemical Prospecting.- II Ores Associated with Clastic Sediments and Their Genetic Origin.- Ores in Shales.- Ore Flats in the Zechstein Copper-Bearing Shales of the Fore-Sudetic Monocline in Lower Silesia, Poland.- Synmetamorphic Uranium Mineralization in the Needle Lake-Keefe Lake Area, Wollaston Fold Belt, Saskatchewan, Canada.- Zell am Ziller, a Syngenetic Old Paleozoic Gold Deposit in the Innsbruck Quartz Phyllite Belt.- Reflections on the Origin of Sparry Magnesite Deposits.- Ores in Sandstone.- Characteristics and Problematics of the Metallogenesis of Proterozoic Vein-Like Type Uranium Deposits.- Copper Mineralization at the Shackleton Mine, Zimbabwe: Syngenetic or Epigenetic?.- Criteria on Syngenesis and Epigenesis of Lead-Zinc Ores in Triassic Sandstones in Germany.- Study of Manganese Nodules from the Malvinas (Falkland) Plateau, South Atlantic Ocean.- Manganiferous Grits from Southeastern New South Wales, Australia.- Ores in Conglomerates.- Nickel-Cobalt Sulfides in Precambrian Gold and Uranium-Bearing Quartz-Pebble Conglomerates of South Africa.- Different Populations of Gold Particles as Outlined by Their Silver Content: A Regional Investigation in the Precambrian Kimberley Reef Placer of the East Rand Goldfield/Witwatersrand/South Africa.- Summary of the Present View of the Nature and Genesis of the Cornish Stanniferous Placers of SW England.- III Ores Associated with Carbonate Rocks and Their Genetic Origin.- Geochemical Investigations and Their Genetic Significance.- A Nonsteady State Model for Dolomite, Evaporite, and Ore Genesis.- Migration of Fluids During Diagenesis: An Ore-Forming Process in Carbonate Rocks.- Geochemical Indicator Parameters of Lead-Zinc Ore Deposits in Carbonate Rocks.- Geochemistry of Minor Elements in Host Rocks of the Fankou Pb-Zn Deposit, South China.- Electron Microprobe Investigation of the Dolomitization and Its Relationship with the Sulfide Mineralizations in the Polymetallic Deposits Confined to the Triassic Calcareous Sediments in the Western Balkan.- Fluid Inclusion Studies in Fluorite at Milpo Mine (Atacocha District), Central Peru.- Iron Preconcentration in Stromatolites/Oncolites: An Example from the Lower Permian of the Central Alps.- Pb-Zn-Bearing Carbonate Rocks.- Sedimentary and Diagenetic Features in the Sulfide-Bearing Sedimentary Dikes and Strata of Lower Ordovician Dolomites, Decaturville, Missouri, U.S.A..- Strata-Bound Low Temperature Pb-Zn-Ba+-F Deposits in Carbonate Rocks of Western Asia: Geotectonic Setting and Main Metallogenic Features.- Geology and Mineralization of the Ozbak-Kuh Mine and the Genesis of the East Iran Pb-Zn Deposits.- Syngenetic and Epigenetic Ores in SW Sardinia: Examples from the Malacalzetta (Iglesias) Mining Area.- The Sasa Lead-Zinc Deposit (Macedonia/Yugoslavia) and Its Position in the Serbian-Macedonian Ore Province.- Syngenesis and Epigenesis at the Largentiere (Ardeche, France) Pb-Zn-Ag Deposit.- The Lithology and Mineralization of Upper Silesian Zinc-Lead Ore Deposits.- Paleokarstic Lead-(Zinc)-Fluorite Deposits in Shallowing Upward Sequences in the Triassic of the Alpujarrides (Betic Cordillera, Southern Spain).- The Atacocha District, Central Peru: Some Metallogenetic Aspects.- Strata-Bound and Stratiform Iron Sulfides, Sulfur, and Galena in the Miocene Evaporites, Ranga, Red Sea, Egypt (With Special Emphasis on Their Diagenetic Crystallization Rhythmites).- Sb-Hg-W-Bearing Carbonate Rocks.- First Occurrence of a Strata-Bound Sb-W-Hg Deposit in the Spanish Hercynian Massif.- Ore-Controlling Factors in the Hg-Sb Province of Southern Tuscany, Italy.- IV Ores Associated Directly with Magmatic Activity and Their Genetic Origin.- Ores Associated with Intrusive Magmatic Activity.- A Model Illustrating the Formative Process of the Podiform Chromite Deposits in Some Alpine Orogenic Terrains.- Magmatic Rocks vs. Rest Fluids as Sources of Uranium Ore Fluids.- Ores Associated with Extrusive Magmatic Activity.- Syngenetic Models for the Pyrite and Polymetallic Sulfide Ore Province of the East Carpathians.- On the Genesis of Some Manganese Deposits from Eastern Greece.- Red Island (NZ) and Its Submarine-Exhalative Mn-Fe Mineralization.- Isotopic Constraints on the Origin of Sulfur in Oceanic Igneous Rocks.- Contributions of a Regional Character.- The Savage River Ore Formation Theories.- "Tactites" Formed by Ca-Al Metasomatism on Amphibolites in the Serido Scheelite Province - NE Brazil.- Syngenesis and Epigenesis of Ore Deposits Related to Calc-Alkaline Extrusive-Intrusive Complexes in Northern Chile.- The Copara and the Patap Metallotect on the Western Side of Central Peru.