Grade and geological continuity in high-nugget effect gold-quartz reefs: Implications for resource estimation and reporting

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

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-259

  Dominy, Simon C ^a   Platten, Ian M ^b   Raine, Matthew D ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GGI Consulting   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dolgellau Gold Belt; Gold quartz veins; Gradelgeological continuity; New Bendigo Goldfield; Nugget effect

Indexed keywords

DIAMOND DRILLING; MINING; QUARTZ;

MINERALIZATION;

GOLD DEPOSITS;

GOLD; MINERAL RESOURCE; ORE DEPOSIT; ORE GRADE; SAMPLING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 0742305671     PISSN: 03717453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/037174503225003116     Document Type: Article

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