Formation of Gold Deposits

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Mining and the nature of gold deposits.- Chapter 3. Data to processes, examples, and discovery.- Chapter 4. Provinciality of goldfields.- Chapter 5. Enrichment of gold above background.- Chapter 6. Segregation of gold from base metals.- Chapter 7. Timing of deposit formation.- Chapter 8. Ore fluid types as recorded in fluid inclusions.- Chapter 9. Commonality and diversity: both need explanation. Chapter 10. Magmatic processes that lead to gold-only deposits.- Chapter 11. Fluids in the earth's crust.- Chapter 12. Alteration in gold-only deposits.- Chapter 13. Case study: the formation of a giant goldfield: Kalgoorlie, Western Australia.- Chapter 14. Hydrothermal transport of gold.- Chapter 15. Metamorphic processes leading to gold-only deposits.- Chapter 16. Modification of deposits at high temperature.- Chapter 17. Formation and modification of deposits at lower temperatures.- Chapter 18. Carlin, Witwatersrand and some other gold-only examples.-Chapter 19. Gold-plus Copper-Gold deposits.- Chapter 20. Discoveries and the role of science in the Yilgarn goldfields of Western Australia.- Chapter 21. Discovery of Fosterville Deeps, Victorian Gold Province: long term science.- Chapter 22. Summary and conclusions.

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Gold;Genesis;Deposits;Petrology;Hydrothermal fluids;Alteration;Geochemistry;Yilgarn;Metamorphism;Magmatism