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DISSEMINATED REPLACEMENT GOLD DEPOSIT [1 record]

Record 1 2005-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gold and Silver Mining
CONT

"Disseminated and replacement gold" ... deposits represent approximately 10% of Canada's historical production and reserves.

CONT

Disseminated and replacement gold deposits comprise mainly stratabound, auriferous bodies of disseminated to massive sulphides, commonly pyritic, that are hosted either by micaceous and/or aluminous schists, derived from tuff and volcanic sandstone, or by carbonate-clastic sedimentary rocks ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines d'or et d'argent
CONT

Les gîtes d'or disséminé de remplacement [...] ont historiquement représenté approximativement 10 % de la production et des réserves canadiennes.

CONT

Les gîtes d'or disséminé de remplacement se composent principalement d'une minéralisation aurifère associée à des amas stratoïdes, de sulfures disséminés à massifs, fréquemment pyriteux, encaissés soit dans des schistes micacés ou alumineux qui ont pour origine des tufs et des grès volcaniques, soit dans des roches sédimentaires clastiques et carbonatées [...]

Spanish

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