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Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy
versión On-line ISSN 2411-9717
versión impresa ISSN 2225-6253
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YOULTON, K.L.; KINNAIRD, J.A. y YOULTON, B.J.. Depositional environment - The original control on gold processing. J. S. Afr. Inst. Min. Metall. [online]. 2021, vol.121, n.6, pp.267-276. ISSN 2411-9717. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2411-9717/811/2021.
Methods for treating and processing refractory gold ores are well established. However, what is less well understood is how the formation of the gold-bearing deposits affects gold processing and extraction. In order to evaluate the effect of ore genesis on gold extraction a number of South African gold deposits were studied. These included complex Pilgrim's Rest samples as well as refractory Fairview, Barbrook, and Consolidated Murchison samples. We found the refractory nature of gold ores is controlled by a limited number of well-understood mineralogical factors. Solid solution gold is linked to low temperature and pressure conditions in fine-grained sedimentary lithologies, while reactive pyrrhotite can form from hydrothermal fluids associated with mafic magmatic rocks. These formational controls can be used to identify and avoid complex deposits at a desktop study phase, or address and reduce complications further along the pipeline using early mineralogical studies.
Palabras clave : gold processing; refractory gold; ore mineralogy.