Supergene enrichment occurs near the Earth's surface where groundwater circulates and leaches soluble base metals from sulfide minerals, concentrating them in overlying layers. Laterite deposits form in tropical areas with distinct wet and dry seasons, concentrating iron and aluminum oxides and hydroxides through prolonged weathering. The Rio Cendrajaya area in Indonesia shows evidence of supergene enrichment processes concentrating metals like nickel in the weathered regolith overlying sulfide deposits.
Supergene enrichment occurs near the Earth's surface where groundwater circulates and leaches soluble base metals from sulfide minerals, concentrating them in overlying layers. Laterite deposits form in tropical areas with distinct wet and dry seasons, concentrating iron and aluminum oxides and hydroxides through prolonged weathering. The Rio Cendrajaya area in Indonesia shows evidence of supergene enrichment processes concentrating metals like nickel in the weathered regolith overlying sulfide deposits.
Supergene enrichment occurs near the Earth's surface where groundwater circulates and leaches soluble base metals from sulfide minerals, concentrating them in overlying layers. Laterite deposits form in tropical areas with distinct wet and dry seasons, concentrating iron and aluminum oxides and hydroxides through prolonged weathering. The Rio Cendrajaya area in Indonesia shows evidence of supergene enrichment processes concentrating metals like nickel in the weathered regolith overlying sulfide deposits.