Mineralogy And Geochemical Study Of Air Piau, Kelantan Gold Prospect (Drill Core)

The average concentration of gold in the Earth’s crust is mostly about 0.005 g/t, which is much lower than the other metallic metals. Therefore, systematic borehole logging has been conducted on borehole sample. Total depth of borehole is 100 m, so each sample are taken every 25 m which will get f...

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Main Author: Abdul Nashir, Mohd Khairul Nidzam
Format: Monograph
Language:English
Published: Universiti Sains Malaysia 2018
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description The average concentration of gold in the Earth’s crust is mostly about 0.005 g/t, which is much lower than the other metallic metals. Therefore, systematic borehole logging has been conducted on borehole sample. Total depth of borehole is 100 m, so each sample are taken every 25 m which will get four samples to be analysed. Besides that, the samples were being chosen based on the characteristic and appearance that they showed along the depth. The objectives are to identify the geology and potential gold mineralization in the prospect including observing the grade of the gold and other metallic element by knowing their concentration. In this research, minerals such as pyrite, quartz and arsenopyrite are the major mineral in the gold particle such identified from the SEM�EDX analysis. Other than that, quartz was the highest result that can be known based on the peak pattern analysed by XRD, followed with mineral pyrite and rutile. Major oxide element that can be obtained from samples were Fe2O3,SiO2 and TiO2, that had been analysed by XRF. For chemical analysis in this research, gold in sample B (depth at 52.2m) at Air Piau showed the highest concentration than other samples which had been analysed by AAS analysis. As a conclusion, the best method to analyse gold was by using ICP-OES because the detection limit was better than AAS analysis. This was suitable for analysing exploration sample which not promising any high value.
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spelling usm.eprints-531702022-06-28T09:01:28Z http://eprints.usm.my/53170/ Mineralogy And Geochemical Study Of Air Piau, Kelantan Gold Prospect (Drill Core) Abdul Nashir, Mohd Khairul Nidzam T Technology TN Mining Engineering. Metallurgy The average concentration of gold in the Earth’s crust is mostly about 0.005 g/t, which is much lower than the other metallic metals. Therefore, systematic borehole logging has been conducted on borehole sample. Total depth of borehole is 100 m, so each sample are taken every 25 m which will get four samples to be analysed. Besides that, the samples were being chosen based on the characteristic and appearance that they showed along the depth. The objectives are to identify the geology and potential gold mineralization in the prospect including observing the grade of the gold and other metallic element by knowing their concentration. In this research, minerals such as pyrite, quartz and arsenopyrite are the major mineral in the gold particle such identified from the SEM�EDX analysis. Other than that, quartz was the highest result that can be known based on the peak pattern analysed by XRD, followed with mineral pyrite and rutile. Major oxide element that can be obtained from samples were Fe2O3,SiO2 and TiO2, that had been analysed by XRF. For chemical analysis in this research, gold in sample B (depth at 52.2m) at Air Piau showed the highest concentration than other samples which had been analysed by AAS analysis. As a conclusion, the best method to analyse gold was by using ICP-OES because the detection limit was better than AAS analysis. This was suitable for analysing exploration sample which not promising any high value. Universiti Sains Malaysia 2018-06-25 Monograph NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/53170/1/Mineralogy%20And%20Geochemical%20Study%20Of%20Air%20Piau%2C%20Kelantan%20Gold%20Prospect%20%28Drill%20Core%29_Mohd%20Khairul%20Nidzam%20Abdul%20Nashir_B1_2018.pdf Abdul Nashir, Mohd Khairul Nidzam (2018) Mineralogy And Geochemical Study Of Air Piau, Kelantan Gold Prospect (Drill Core). Project Report. Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pusat Pengajian Kejuruteraan Bahan dan Sumber Mineral. (Submitted)
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Mineralogy And Geochemical Study Of Air Piau, Kelantan Gold Prospect (Drill Core)
title Mineralogy And Geochemical Study Of Air Piau, Kelantan Gold Prospect (Drill Core)
title_full Mineralogy And Geochemical Study Of Air Piau, Kelantan Gold Prospect (Drill Core)
title_fullStr Mineralogy And Geochemical Study Of Air Piau, Kelantan Gold Prospect (Drill Core)
title_full_unstemmed Mineralogy And Geochemical Study Of Air Piau, Kelantan Gold Prospect (Drill Core)
title_short Mineralogy And Geochemical Study Of Air Piau, Kelantan Gold Prospect (Drill Core)
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topic T Technology
TN Mining Engineering. Metallurgy
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