Some observations on gold in the weathering profile at Garimpo Porquinho, an artisanal mine in the Tapajós region, Brazilian Amazon

Geologia USP - Serie Cientifica

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-11

  de Oliveira, Sonia Maria Barros ^a   Larizzatti, João Henrique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b CPRM   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Gold particles; Secondary dispersion of gold; Supergene gold; Tapaj s Province

Indexed keywords

ARTISANAL MINING; GOLD MINE; QUARTZ; WEATHERING PROFILE;

AMAZONAS [BRAZIL]; BRAZIL; PARA [BRAZIL]; SANTAREM [PARA]; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 33646262090     PISSN: 1519874X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5327/s1519-874x2006000100001     Document Type: Article

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