Composition and mineralogy of historic gold processing residues, east Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 641-647

  Mains, D ^a   Craw, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acid rock drainage; Arsenic; Arsenopyrite; Bukovskyite; Gold; Mine waste; Otago Schist; Scorodite; Slag; Sulfide

Indexed keywords

ACID MINE DRAINAGE; GOLD MINE; MINE WASTE;

EID: 30444461410     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2005.9515138     Document Type: Article

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