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Gold concentration in the Witwatersrand reefs by footwall cannibalization
Tom G. Blenkinsop and Kenneth A. Eriksson
Gold concentration in the Witwatersrand reefs by footwall cannibalization
Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (February 1995) 90 (1): 200-202
Gold concentration in the Witwatersrand reefs by footwall cannibalization
Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists (February 1995) 90 (1): 200-202
Index Terms/Descriptors
- Africa
- Central Rand Group
- diagenesis
- foot wall
- gold ores
- Klerksdorp Field
- lithofacies
- metal ores
- mineral deposits, genesis
- mines
- placers
- Precambrian
- reefs
- South Africa
- Southern Africa
- stratigraphy
- syngenesis
- Transvaal region
- Witwatersrand
- Witwatersrand Supergroup
- Bastard Reef
- West Rand Group
- Booysens Shale
- Kimberley Reef
- Vaal Reef
- Dennys Reef
Latitude & Longitude
Abstract
The stratigraphy, the cannibalization model, the Evander Au field, and the Klerksdorp Au field are discussed. The potential of the implications are presented.
ISSN: 0361-0128
EISSN: 1554-0774
Coden: ECGLAL
Serial Title: Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists
Serial Volume: 90
Serial Issue: 1
Title: Gold concentration in the Witwatersrand reefs by footwall cannibalization
Affiliation: University of Zimbabwe, Department of Geology,
Harare,
Zimbabwe
Pages: 200-202
Published: 199502
Text Language: English
Publisher: Economic Geology Publishing Company,
Lancaster, PA,
United States
References: 17
Accession Number: 1995-033122
Categories: Economic geology, geology of ore deposits
Document Type: Serial
Bibliographic Level: Analytic
Illustration Description: sects., 1 table, sketch map
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Secondary Affiliation: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
USA,
United States
Country of Publication: United States
Secondary Affiliation: GeoRef, Copyright 2017, American Geosciences Institute. Reference includes data from Mineralogical Abstracts, United KingdomTwickenhamUKUnited Kingdom
Update Code: 199512
