The geological context of this study is established in the iron oxide-copper-gold (IOCG) deposit Sossego (Canaã dos Carajás, Brazil), where hydrothermal alterations shear zones concentrated metals interest and added new characteristics to metavolcanic-sedimentary granite rocks. mineral transformation rocks by hypersaline fluids enriched silica also modifies some metallurgical properties, such a...

The Santa Lúcia copper-gold deposit lies in the southeastern portion of Carajás Mineral Province, along NW-SE splays Fault. is hosted by a rhyolitic subvolcanic rock, which crosscut pegmatite intrusions. paragenetic evolution at encompasses an early stage chlorite alteration, followed potassic alteration with microcline, greisenization (quartz-muscovite-tourmaline), ore precipitation, and late ...

Delineation of oxide and sulfide zones in mineral deposits, especially in gold deposits, is one of the most essential steps in an exploration project that has been traditionally carried out using the drilling results. Since in most mineral exploration projects there is a limited drilling dataset, application of geophysical data can reduce the error in delineation of the sulfide and oxide zones....

The Muteh gold deposit (NE of Golpaygan) in the central part of intrusive-metamorphic belt of Sanandaj-Sirjan zone comprises NW-SE trending gold-quartz vein occurred in metamorphic complex. Gold mineralization is associated with quartz veins that formed during regional deformation across the mylonitic zones in metamorphic rocks of predominantly meta-volcanic, gneiss and schist. The sulfidation ...

The Vancouver Composite Index fell by over 25% in less than six weeks during spring 1997 as the junior mining sector collapsed. We argue that this market collapse was triggered by the failure of Bre-X Minerals when that company’s Indonesian claims, previously believed to contain the world’s largest gold deposit, were shown to be pure fraud. Our event study, based on market returns for the Vanco...

Abstract To guide future exploration, this predominantly field based study has investigated the structural evolution of central Kiruna area, type locality for iron oxide-apatite deposits that stands a significant amount European ore production. Using combination geologic mapping focusing on structures and stratigraphy, petrography with focus microstructures, X-ray computed tomography imaging su...

The Baranyevskoe Au-Ag epithermal deposit of low-sulfidation (LS) type is located on the Kamchatka Peninsula in Neogene-Quaternary Central Volcanic Belt, where Au-bearing quartz veins are usually accompanied by veinlet stockworks. Two economic associations typical deposit. first corresponds to gold-pyrite-quartz association with low-grade native gold (521–738‱) intergrown pyrite. Some accessory...

A method of testing the tensile strength of the porcelain-gold bond has been developed. Tensile strengths of the bond are improved primarily by the formation of an oxide layer on the gold before baking the porcelain and not by the degree of gross surface roughness. The oxide layer may act either as a transition ayer or i t may create microsurface roughness. The gross surface roughness probably ...

Pampaloite AuSbTe, a rare gold-antimony telluride that was first described in 2019 from the Pampalo gold mine, Finland, found samples large Svetlinsk gold-telluride deposit, South Urals, Russia. Optical microscopy, scanning electron microprobe analysis, reflectance measurements, backscatter diffraction and Raman spectroscopy were used to study eight grains of pampaloite. forms inclusions (5–30 ...