Gold-enriched rims on placer gold grains: an evaluation of formational processes

<p>Placer gold is frequently reported to assay at overall higher values of tineness than the gold in the rock from which it was liberated. A related phenomenon is the historical discovery of many extremely large gold nuggets (up to 28 lbs) in the southeastern United States that have no appa...

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Main Author: Groen, John Corwyn
Other Authors: Geology
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/40977
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-02072013-040058/