Method for Revealing Placer Gold Source
Material characteristics of placer gold and geological and geomorphological features of placercontaining watercourses allow revealing the type of source that formed the placer. The studied area (the middle reach of theAdychaRiver, Verkhoyansk District, Yakutia) is characterized by highly developed p...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:fd242fb645934912ac8f5463f73e93bb 2023-05-15T18:45:08+02:00 Method for Revealing Placer Gold Source O. V. Vladimirtseva 2019-12-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.17073/2500-0632-2019-4-273-281 https://doaj.org/article/fd242fb645934912ac8f5463f73e93bb EN RU eng rus National University of Science and Technology MISiS https://mst.misis.ru/jour/article/view/173 https://doaj.org/toc/2500-0632 doi:10.17073/2500-0632-2019-4-273-281 2500-0632 https://doaj.org/article/fd242fb645934912ac8f5463f73e93bb Горные науки и технологии, Vol 4, Iss 4, Pp 273-281 (2019) gold placers adycha forecast algorithm gold grain rounding degree Mining engineering. Metallurgy TN1-997 article 2019 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.17073/2500-0632-2019-4-273-281 2022-12-31T09:56:39Z Material characteristics of placer gold and geological and geomorphological features of placercontaining watercourses allow revealing the type of source that formed the placer. The studied area (the middle reach of theAdychaRiver, Verkhoyansk District, Yakutia) is characterized by highly developed placer gold mineralization both in ancient terrace sediments and high-order watercourses. The significant placer gold mineralization in the high-order watercourses, at very limited number of known bedrock gold deposits suggests the presence of not yet discovered bedrock gold mineralization. Revealing the type of sources of placer gold in young high-order watercourses allows to create prognostic and prospecting models for both potential placer and primary (vein) ore occurrences. The purpose of the study is to compile a logical-information algorithm, which, based on the most significant material and geological-geomorphological factors, will enable revealing the type of placer gold source and the possibility of its location discovery and probability of gold transportation continuation from the source. The study result is presented by a program (the Python programming language) that characterizes the type of placer gold source based on gold grain rounding degree, the presence of gold intergrowths with other minerals and the presence of heavy fraction. Assessment of the possibility of placer gold source location determination is based on geological and geomorphological factors: watercourse order, the type of placer, and spatial association with terraces of ancient erosion levels. The study of well-known gold placers using the created program allowed revealing gold placers with supposedly primary gold source and other ones with the source in the form of a natural intermediate gold concentrator. A map of exogenous gold mineralization with forecast elements was also created, presenting areas promising for revealing primary gold mineralization (areas of presence of high-order watercourses with gold mineralization source) and ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Yakutia Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Adycha ENVELOPE(134.773,134.773,68.217,68.217) Verkhoyansk ENVELOPE(133.400,133.400,67.544,67.544) Mining Science and Technology 4 4 273 281 |
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Material characteristics of placer gold and geological and geomorphological features of placercontaining watercourses allow revealing the type of source that formed the placer. The studied area (the middle reach of theAdychaRiver, Verkhoyansk District, Yakutia) is characterized by highly developed placer gold mineralization both in ancient terrace sediments and high-order watercourses. The significant placer gold mineralization in the high-order watercourses, at very limited number of known bedrock gold deposits suggests the presence of not yet discovered bedrock gold mineralization. Revealing the type of sources of placer gold in young high-order watercourses allows to create prognostic and prospecting models for both potential placer and primary (vein) ore occurrences. The purpose of the study is to compile a logical-information algorithm, which, based on the most significant material and geological-geomorphological factors, will enable revealing the type of placer gold source and the possibility of its location discovery and probability of gold transportation continuation from the source. The study result is presented by a program (the Python programming language) that characterizes the type of placer gold source based on gold grain rounding degree, the presence of gold intergrowths with other minerals and the presence of heavy fraction. Assessment of the possibility of placer gold source location determination is based on geological and geomorphological factors: watercourse order, the type of placer, and spatial association with terraces of ancient erosion levels. The study of well-known gold placers using the created program allowed revealing gold placers with supposedly primary gold source and other ones with the source in the form of a natural intermediate gold concentrator. A map of exogenous gold mineralization with forecast elements was also created, presenting areas promising for revealing primary gold mineralization (areas of presence of high-order watercourses with gold mineralization source) and ... |
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