gold exploration in the tropics

Remote sensing satellite-based structural/alteration mapping for gold

The high-prospect zones for gold exploration are located along the Mama and Molé fault, Ngoubésseli, Boubara-Koumbé Tiko, Gwé, and Ndambi I-Tezoukpé. Discover the world's research 25+ million ...

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gold grades alone, providing a larger target for exploration. The rapidity of data collection and ease of analysis of spectral data make infrared reflectance spectroscopy a useful methodology that can be readily incorporated into both preexisting and established exploration programs in other tropical terrains.

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The application of soil geochemistry to gold exploration …

Sample tests show that the relative errors (RE%) are equal to or less than 25% and sample analyzing pass rates were more than 99%. Exploration geochemistry is an effective tool to prospect gold, especially Au, Cu, Ag and As are important geochemical indicator elements for gold exploration (Mazzucchelli, 1996; Groves et al., 2000; …

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Geochemical exploration challenges in the regolith …

The Igarapé Bahia, situated in the Carajás Mineral Province, is a world-class example of a lateritic gold deposit. It has developed under tropical weathering conditions since at least the Eocene and resulted in a regolith cover of at least 100 m thickness. The regolith is dominated by ~ 80 m thick ferruginous saprolite containing gossan bodies that …

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Introduction Gold Exploration in Tropical Landscapes is a technical and applied geoscience course, presenting effective field techniques and cultural etiquette for mineral exploration at tropical ...

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Geochemical exploration for gold in temperate, arid, semi …

In this chapter we examine how geochemical techniques can be utilized in the exploration for different types of gold mineralization, the specific signatures of which must be identified in the various sampling media (rock, soil, etc.) used for exploration. ... (1989) Gold dispersion and size fraction distribution in a tropical rain forest ...

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We summarize the biophysical effects of surface gold mining, noting the differences between large-scale and artisanal, small-scale gold mining (ASGM) operations. We …

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Oil exploration in the tropics : guidelines for environmental

This publication, prepared in cooperation with the oil industry's Exploration Production Forum, sets out the oil exploration process, describes the potential environmental consequences of exploration and recommends measures for the prevention or minimization of adverse impacts.

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Lithological and alteration mineral mapping for alluvial gold

Few investigations have been conducted in the tropical and sub-tropical regions for mineral exploration using satellite remote sensing imagery (Pour et al., 2014, Pour et al., 2013; Pour and Hashim, 2015b; Takodjou Wambo et al., 2018, Takodjou Wambo et al., 2020). Exploration of alluvial gold deposit is costly using field survey and ...

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Identifying high potential zones of gold mineralization in a …

The Ngoura-Colomines area is located in an inter-tropical environment in the eastern region of Cameroon and has a strong potential for gold deposits (Fig. 1, Fig. 2).Active gold extraction from the three main gold mining districts in eastern Cameroon targets mineralization of both quartz veins and altered wall-rock (Suh et al., 2006, Tata …

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A global rise in alluvial mining increases sediment load in …

Increasing gold and mineral mining activity in rivers across the global tropics has degraded ecosystems and threatened human health 1, 2. Such river mineral …

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Remote sensing satellite-based structural/alteration mapping for gold

Mapping these types of alterations using optical and radar images provides an excellent investigation method for gold exploration in sub-tropical areas (e.g. Takodjou Wambo et al., 2020 in Ngoura-Colomines, Cameroon; Traore et al., 2020 in the south east of Birao, Central African Republic; Andongma et al., 2020 in North-Western Nigeria; Neh …

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abundant in temperate latitudes as in the tropics, but may not have concentrated there in rich alluvial deposits. It may be equally true that lode deposits of zinc sulfides are just as abundant in the tropics as elsewhere, but may have escaped discovery because of the greater depth of tropical weathering. It is, perhaps, significant that, with

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Successful Heap Leach Gold Mining the Tropics

Responsible Heap Leach Gold Mining Can Be Very Successful. Low CAPEX and OPEX compared to conventional mining. Simple mining and well understood metallurgy. No …

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(PDF) Biogeochemical exploration for gold in tropical rain …

Biogeochemical exploration for gold in tropical environments Tropical rain forest covers over 830 million hectares of the earth's surface (Whitmore, 1975; Fig. 2). A literature survey found that over 250 papers on biogeochemical research worldwide were published from 1977 to 1987, but during this period published results in tropical areas ...

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A 21st century mining boom across the tropics is degrading …

Gold and mineral mining in and near rivers across the tropics is degrading waterways in 49 countries, according to a new study. Published in Nature, the findings represent the first physical ...

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A global rise in alluvial mining increases sediment load in tropical …

Increasing gold and mineral mining activity in rivers across the global tropics has degraded ecosystems and threatened human health 1,2.Such river mineral mining involves intensive excavation and ...

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Geophysical exploration for gold

The world-wide interest in gold that has characterized mineral exploration in the 1980s has had a profound effect on the focus and style of geophysical prospecting. In the 1950s and 1960s, direct detection methods (chiefly airborne and ground electromagnetics (EM)) were applied widely in the search for massive sulphide-hosted base-metal deposits (Paterson, …

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Identifying high potential zones of gold mineralization in a …

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Gold distribution in lateritic profiles in South America, Africa, …

Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 47 ( 1993 ) 143-163 143 Elsevier Science Pubhshers B V, Amsterdam Gold distribution in lateritic profiles in South America, Africa, and Australia: applications to geochemical exploration in tropical regions Marcondes Dma da Costa Department ol Geochemlstrr and Petrology, Federal …

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Identifying high potential zones of gold mineralization in a …

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Gold distribution in lateritic profiles in South America, Africa, …

The aim of this dissertation is an attempt to' provide a general guide for future gold exploration in tropical and sub-tropical terrains. The dissertation includes a brief discussion of the various … Expand. 2. PDF. Save. Gold, wolframite, tourmaline-bearing lateritized gossans in the Amazon region, Brazil. R. Angélica M. Costa H. Pöllmann.

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Gold distribution in lateritic profiles in South America, Africa, …

A basis for geochemical exploration models for tropical terrains; C.R.M. Butt ... on academic papers and technical reports from industry to provide a comprehensive global overview of the supergene gold metallogeny and exploration strategies leading to enhance the success of new discoveries or the re-assessment of known deposits. ...

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Gold Exploration in Tropically weathered terrains: The …

The extent of mobility of gold and pathfinder-element dispersion in deeply weathered soil profiles in savanna and tropical rainforest areas has been investigated at …

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Portable infrared spectroscopy as a tool for the exploration of gold

Gold mineralization at the Damang deposit is unique among known deposits in Ghana, comprising two distinct styles of mineralization. These include a stratigraphically controlled auriferous quartz ...

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The Development Of Regolith Exploration Geochemistry In The Tropics …

The Guiana Shield (Fig. 1a) in South America is an important mineral province hosting significant gold resources which are attractive for the exploration of gold deposits (Voicu et al. 2001;Milesi ...

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Lithological and alteration mineral mapping for alluvial gold

Geological field mapping and mineral exploration still remain very laborious in many parts of the inter tropical regions of African plate due to remoteness, low security and high cost. Currently, a number of remote sensing satellite imagery are freely available and can be broadly used for lithological mapping and mineral exploration in …

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