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Gold is regarded as insoluble, and this is essentially correct in pure water. However, when other components are added to water, gold can be quite soluble at temperatures of 300oC and even near the surface at 25oC. Some of these fluids that dissolve gold can cause segregation from base metals by strong partitioning of different elements by selective solution.
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Phillips, N. (2022). Hydrothermal Transport of Gold. In: Formation of Gold Deposits. Modern Approaches in Solid Earth Sciences, vol 21. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-3081-1_14
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