Gold characterisation as a guide to bedrock sources for the Estero Hondo alluvial gold mine, western Ecuador

Transactions of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 297-304

  Potter, Mike ^a   Styles, Mike T ^b  

^a Carer del Pedral ^*  (Andorra)

^b BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecuador; Estero Hondo alluvial gold mine; Gold characterisation

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND DRILLING; GOLD DEPOSITS; LIGHT REFLECTION; MINING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY;

MINERALIZATION;

GOLD MINES;

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BEDROCK; GOLD; MINERAL EXPLORATION; ORE DEPOSIT; SOURCE ROCK;

ECUADOR; ESTERO HONDO MINE; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 0742270958     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174503225011261     Document Type: Article

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