Geochemical signatures in native gold derived from Au-bearing ore deposits

H Liu, G Beaudoin - Ore Geology Reviews, 2021 - Elsevier
Native gold is a significant indicator mineral for Au-bearing deposits. The chemical
composition of gold in diverse geological settings is a function of fluid composition under …

Review of gold and platinum group element (PGE) indicator minerals methods for surficial sediment sampling

MB McClenaghan, LJ Cabri - 2011 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT For gold deposits, varying combinations of gold grains, sulphides, platinum-
group minerals (PGM), tellurides, scheelite and rutile, and some secondary minerals are …

Chemical and physical heterogeneity within native gold: implications for the design of gold particle studies

RJ Chapman, DA Banks, MT Styles, RD Walshaw… - Mineralium …, 2021 - Springer
Studies of populations of gold particles are becoming increasingly common; however,
interpretation of compositional data may not be straightforward. Natural gold is rarely …

Review of till geochemistry and indicator mineral methods for mineral exploration in glaciated terrain

MB McClenaghan, RC Paulen, IR Smith… - Geochemistry …, 2023 - lyellcollection.org
Since the 1970s, till geochemical and indicator mineral methods for mineral exploration,
provenance studies and environmental research in glaciated terrain have been developed …

Chemical and mineralogical signatures of gold formed in oxidizing chloride hydrothermal systems and their significance within populations of placer gold grains …

RJ Chapman, RC Leake, DPG Bond… - Economic …, 2009 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The close association of Pd with Au has been previously reported in highly oxidized chloride
hydrothermal systems from several regions, including Australia, Brazil, Poland, and the …

Styles of lode gold mineralization contributing to the placers of the Indian River and Black Hills Creek, Yukon Territory, Canada as deduced from microchemical …

RJ Chapman, JK Mortensen, WP LeBarge - Mineralium Deposita, 2011 - Springer
Abstract Between 1978 and 2009, approximately 430,000 oz of placer gold were obtained
from the Indian River and Black Hills Creek, which equates to roughly 20% of the production …

Mineral chemistry, bulk rock geochemistry, and S‐isotope signature of lode‐gold mineralization in the Bétaré Oya gold district, south‐east Cameroon

A Vishiti, CE Suh, B Lehmann, EM Shemang… - Geological …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lode‐gold mineralization in the Bétaré Oya gold district is related to a series of quartz–
sulphide veins that define a steeply dip** NNE–SSW‐trending brittle–ductile shear zone …

Typomorphism of native gold (geological-industrial types of gold deposits in the north-east of Russia)

NE Savva, RG Kravtsova, GS Anisimova… - Minerals, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study presents the typomorphic features of native gold grains from three different
geological-industrial types (GIT) of gold deposits in the North-East of Russia:(1) gold …

Gold grade variation and particle microchemistry in exploration pits of the Batouri gold district, SE Cameroon

A Vishiti, CE Suh, B Lehmann, JA Egbe… - Journal of African Earth …, 2015 - Elsevier
The Batouri area hosts lode-gold mineralization under several-m-thick lateritic cover. Pitting
to bed rock on a geochemical Au anomaly defined from previous reconnaissance soil …

Handheld laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) as a fast and easy method to trace gold

A Pochon, AM Desaulty, L Bailly - Journal of Analytical Atomic …, 2020 - pubs.rsc.org
Gold is traded in virtually every country around the world. Consequently, tracing gold
provenance is a difficult but necessary task to ensure a responsible supply chain from …