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1 online resource (664 pages) : illustrations |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Woodhead Publishing Series in Metals and Surface Engineering |
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Woodhead Publishing series in metals and surface engineering.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed February 12, 2014). |
| Summary |
Designed for geologists and engineers engaged specifically in the search for gold deposits of all types and as a reference for academics in higher schools of learning, Handbook of gold exploration and evaluation provides principles and detailed explanations that underpin the correct interpretation of day-to-day experience in the field. Problems are addressed with regard to the analysis, interpretation and understanding of the general framework within which both primary and secondary gold resources are explored, developed and exploited. Handbook of gold exploration and evaluation covers a comprehensive range of topics including the nature and history of gold, geology of gold ore deposits, gold deposition in the weathering environment, sedimentation and detrital gold, gold exploration, lateritic and placer gold sampling, mine planning and practise for shallow deposits, metallurgical processes and design, and evaluation, risk and feasibility. Covers the nature and history of goldAddresses problems with regard to the framework in which gold resources are explored, developed and exploitedDiscusses topics including the geology of gold ore deposits, metallurgical processes and design, evaluation, risk and feasibility. |
| Contents |
Cover; Handbook of gold exploration and evaluation; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1Nature and history of gold; 1.1 Gold mineralogy; 1.2 Gold through the ages; 2Geology of gold ore deposits; 2.1 Crustal evolution; 2.2 Tectonic elements of platemovements; 2.3 Hydrothermal gold systems; 2.4 Gold deposition in volcanic terrain; 2.5 Provenance; 2.6 Time rate of unroofing ore bodies; 3Gold deposition in the weathering environment; 3.1 The plate tectonic rock cycle; 3.2 Earth's atmosphere and climate; 3.3 Agents of weathering; 3.4 Weathering processes. |
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3.5 Landscape denudation3.6 Low-temperature aqueous geochemistry; 4Sedimentation and detrital gold; 4.1 Sediment characteristics; 4.2 Fluvial hydrology; 4.3 Drainage systems; 4.4 Entrainment, transport and sorting; 4.5 Fluvial gold deposition; 5Gold exploration; 5.1 Geological investigations; 5.2 Exploration geochemistry; 5.3 Remote sensing; 5.4 Shallow land-based geophysics; 5.5 Shallow offshore geophysics; 6Lateritic and alluvial gold sampling; 6.1 Sampling criteria; 6.2 Prospectingmethods onshore; 6.3 Prospecting methods offshore; 6.4 Sample dressing; 6.5 Ore resource estimation. |
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7Mine planning and practice7.1 Planning; 7.2 Operational concepts and schedules; 7.3 Sluicing practice; 7.4 Bucketline dredging; 7.5 Hydraulic dredgers; 7.6 Drymining; 7.7 Miscellaneous dredger types; 8Metallurgical process and design; 8.1 Theory of gravity concentration; 8.2 Flowsheet andmaterials balance; 8.3 Feed preparation; 8.4 Gravity processing; 8.5 Lateritic goldmetallurgy; 9Evaluation, risk and feasibility; 9.1 Projectmanagement; 9.2 Economic appraisal; 9.3 Risk analysis and uncertainty; 9.4 The feasibility study concept; Appendix I Field laboratories and techniques; Basic equipment. |
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TechniquesAppendix II Variogram structural analysis; Appendix III Sitework testing; Bulk density measurements; Index testing; Plant site and services (e.g., workshops, powerhouse); Laboratory tests; Appendix IV Gold economics; References and further reading; Index. |
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Gold.
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Gold mines and mining.
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Or.
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Or -- Mines et extraction.
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teocuitlatl.
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gold mines.
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gold (metal)
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Gold
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Gold mines and mining
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Macdonald, Eoin H. Handbook of gold exploration and evaluation. Boca Raton, Florida ; Cambridge, England : CRC Press : Woodhead Publishing Limited, ©2007 xiv, 647 pages 9781845691752 |
| ISBN |
9781845692544 (electronic bk.) |
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1845692543 (electronic bk.) |
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9781845691752 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000061136777 |
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DEBBG BV042316571 |
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DEBSZ 414273958 |
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DEBSZ 431638934 |
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GBVCP 813167574 |
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