Gold Exploration in Tropical Landscapes
- a field guide
Gold Exploration in Tropical Landscapes is a practical field-based guide to gold exploration in laterite and deeply weathered tropical environments.
The guide covers every part of the tropical laterite regolith, from top A soil to B laterite soil, to mottled zone, then saprolite and finally saprock. As well duricrust, nodules and pisoliths are presented.
The book also covers the different styles of gold workings by artisanal and small-scale gold miners.
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