Gold Migration and Precipitation as Collaurum in Orogenic Gold Deposits: Constrains from Microscopic Gold Particles Observed in the Alteration Zone in Shanggong Gold Ore, Henan, China

Aqueous complexation has long been considered the only viable means of transporting gold to depositional sites in hydrothermal ore-forming systems. Here, we present direct evidence supporting an alternative hypothesis, namely, the transport of gold as colloidal particles. We observed nano-scale gold...

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Main Authors: Yu Qiao, Zhixuan Han, Bimin Zhang, Xiaocheng Wei, Chunfang Dong, Hanliang Liu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-03-01
Series:Minerals
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2075-163X/14/3/327