Assessing scheelite as an ore-deposit discriminator using its trace-element and REE chemistry

RS Poulin, DJ Kontak, A McDonald… - The Canadian …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Scheelite (CaWO4) collected from 37 different ore-deposit settings (orogenic,
sediment-and greenstone-hosted, skarn, porphyry, greisen, volcanogenic massive sulfide …

Morphological and compositional analysis of alluvial gold: The Fresnedoso gold placer (Spain)

K dos Santos Alves, SB Sánchez, JG Barreiro… - Ore Geology …, 2020 - Elsevier
The Fresnedoso creek gold placer (FGP) in the Moraleja Basin (W Iberian Massif) has been
investigated in terms of morphological, textural and compositional evolution of gold particles …

Secondary gold structures: Relics of past biogeochemical transformations and implications for colloidal gold dispersion in subtropical environments

J Shuster, F Reith, G Cornelis, JE Parsons… - Chemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
Biogeochemical processes are known to drive the cycling of gold via dissolution/re-
precipitation reactions that result in the transformation of gold grain in near-surface …

Supergene gold mobility in orogenic gold deposits, Otago Schist, New Zealand

D Craw, D MacKenzie, P Grieve - New Zealand Journal of Geology …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Gold has been chemically mobilised by groundwater from host sulphide minerals in
orogenic gold deposits of Otago. Mobilisation occurred near the Cenozoic Otago Schist …

In Situ 87Sr/86Sr of Scheelite and Calcite Reveals Proximal and Distal Fluid-Rock Interaction During Orogenic W-Au Mineralization, Otago Schist, New Zealand

EJ Scanlan, JM Scott, VJ Wilson… - Economic …, 2018 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The ability of hydrothermal scheelite (CaWO4) and calcite (CaCO3) to bind Sr in their crystal
lattices makes them useful minerals for tracing fluid-rock interaction in mineralizing systems …

Gold nugget growth during tectonically induced sedimentary recycling, Otago, New Zealand

JH Youngson, D Craw - Sedimentary geology, 1993 - Elsevier
An alluvial fan 5 km wide and 3.5 km long has been derived over the past 65,000 years from
an actively rising schist mountain range (Dunstan Range) in Central Otago, New Zealand …

Evolution of placer gold deposits during regional uplift, central Otago, New Zealand

JH Youngson, D Craw - Economic Geology, 1995 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract Central Otago, New Zealand, is drained by a single major river system, the Clutha
River, whose active and Recent stream gravels host major placer deposits for most of its …

Biogeochemical cycling of silver in acidic, weathering environments

J Shuster, F Reith, MRM Izawa, RL Flemming… - Minerals, 2017 - mdpi.com
Under acidic, weathering conditions, silver (Ag) is considered to be highly mobile and can
be dispersed within near-surface environments. In this study, a range of regolith materials …

Mobilisation and attenuation of arsenic around gold mines, east Otago, New Zealand

D Craw, D Chappell, A Reay… - New Zealand Journal of …, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
Arsenic is released into the environment by decomposition of natural arsenopyrite in gold‐
bearing veins in east Otago. Natural release is slow, but is accelerated by mining activity …

Characteristics and origin of coarse gold in Late Pleistocene sediments of the Cariboo placer mining district, British Columbia, Canada

N Eyles - Sedimentary Geology, 1995 - Elsevier
The Cariboo placer mining district (1000 km2) sited in the Interior Plateau of central British
Columbia, Canada, is the premier placer gold mining district of the Province. Gold is …