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GOLD WASHINGS [1 record]

Record 1 2005-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gold and Silver Mining
  • Processing of Mineral Products
DEF

A place where gold is washed ...

OBS

... used chiefly in the plural.

CONT

The province of Mendoza is rich in gold-mines; and in that of Catamarca copper is largely extracted ... Captain Andrews (1827) mentions the "lavaderos" (alluvial gold-washings) of the Rinconada, and regrets that those of Jujuy, so much spoken of as producing abundance of gold in dust, grains (pepitas), and scales (laminae), yielding never less than 23 carats, have been abandoned, without being a third worked, for want of a pump.

Key term(s)
  • gold washes
  • gold washings
  • alluvial gold-washings

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mines d'or et d'argent
  • Préparation des produits miniers
CONT

Le Ghana, ancienne Côte de l'Or, ainsi appelée en 1471 par les Portugais, justifiait son nom par de petites laveries d'alluvions, des filons de quartz autour d'Obuasi dont certains sont fort riches (40 g/t) et des exploitations analogues à celles du Witwatersrand à Tarkwa (conglomérat de quartz avec or et pyrites enrobés dans le ciment).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Minas de oro y de plata
  • Preparación de los productos mineros
DEF

Placer, sitio donde se extraen y lavan arenas auríferas.

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