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The Tokur Gold-Mining Center in the Amur Gold Province
AbstractAn overview of the historically developed Tokur gold-mining center, which comprises the Malomyr, Verkhnyaya Stoiba, Tokur, and Kharga lode...
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Pollution of Surface Water Close to an Artisanal Gold Mining Area: the Case of Macalder Mine, Kenya
This study investigated the contribution of artisanal gold mining and processing activities at the Macalder Mine, Kenya to iron (Fe), copper (Cu),...
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Characteristics and Trend Prediction of Groundwater Chemical Evolution Under the Influence of Sea Water in the Jiaojia Gold Mining Area, China
Deep mining in the Jiaojia gold mine area has changed the chemical and flow characteristics of the groundwater there. We studied the relationship...
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Satellite-Based Map** of the Negative Impact of Gold Mining Enterprises on the Natural Environment of the Cryolithozone (Using the Example of Magadan Oblast)
AbstractGold mining at ore and alluvial deposits substantially negatively impacts the natural environment, in particular, by land degradation and the...
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Influence of Structural Features of Gold Placers on Mining Efficiency in the North
AbstractThe authors discuss the influence exerted by the structural features of placers and by the distribution of useful components in them on the...
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Anthropic Vulnerability of a Hydrothermal Mineral Deposit and Related Mining Heritage, a Case Study from a Medieval Gold-Silver Mining Area, Telkibánya, Hungary
The movable geoheritage elements (minerals, fossils, rocks) are important part of geodiversity. Their anthropic vulnerability includes collection by...
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Mining and the Nature of Gold Deposits
It is a major task to make a gold bar from gold atoms which exist at a few parts per billion (0.0000001%) in the Earth’s crust. This task is a...
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Aeromagnetic and field data characterization of structural features for the delineation of potential gold mining sites in Northern Cameroon: a case study of Tchollire and environs
The processing of aeromagnetic data was carried out in Northern Cameroon, with the aim of delineating the structural features which may be associated...
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Mechanism of formation of water-conducting fractured zones with deep mining in the Jiaojia gold mine, China
The deep resources within existing gold mines have great potential to prolong the life of mines such as the Jiaojia gold mine in Shandong province in...
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Arsenic and other trace elements in groundwaters and surface waters in the gold mining region of the Nigerien Liptako (Southwestern Niger)
The Nigerien Liptako in southwest Niger has gold mineralisations in Birimian formations (Paleoproterozoic) that have been mined for several decades....
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LiDAR Datasets Applied to Roman Gold Mining Studies in NW Iberia. Response to Paper: Roman Gold Mining at “Las Miédolas” (NW Spain): Lidar and Photo Interpretation in the Analysis of “Peines”
Early LiDAR datasets in Spain are available since 2014 (5-m resolution), when the first works were carried out by our team (Fernández-Lozano and...
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Data Mining of a Geoscience Database Containing Key Features of Gold Deposits and Occurrences in Southwestern Uganda: A Pilot Study
Data mining is a promising new tool in mineral exploration. Here, we combined data-mining procedures with spatial prediction modeling for gold...
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Ecological and human health risk assessments of metals in soil and tailing from Ife-Ijesha gold mining area, Southwest Nigeria
Mining and disposal of mining wastes are notable human activities that have resulted in substantial environmental and human health deterioration. The...
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Geochemical speciation and distribution of trace metals in sediments around industrial and artisanal gold mining areas in northern Côte d'Ivoire
The purpose of this study was to investigate the mobility, spatial distribution, possible sources, and potential ecological risks associated with...
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Spatial variability of trace metals in sediments along the Lom River in the gold mining area of Gankombol (Adamawa Cameroon) using geostatistical modeling methods
Trace metal pollution in surface sediments is of special concern given the potential dangers to human health and aquatic life. In the present study,...
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Placer Gold Mining in the Zabaikalskii Krai and Its Role in the Development of Municipal Districts
The article deals with studying the impact of placer gold mining on socio-economic processes in the east of Russia on the example of the Zabaikalskii...
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Mercury Exposure from Artisanal Small-Scale Gold Mining in Bunikasih, West Java, Indonesia
Artisanal small-scale gold mining (ASGM) is one of the major sources of mercury pollution in Indonesia. The village of Bunikasih, near Bandung, the...
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Assessment of some potentially harmful elements and their associated health risk in stream sediments of rural gold-mining communities in Southwestern Nigeria
The impact of potentially harmful elements in stream sediments around active and abandoned artisanal gold-mining communities in Nigeria was assessed...
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Using geostatistical modeling methods to assess concentration and spatial variability of trace metals in soils of the abandoned gold mining district of Bindiba (East Cameroon)
Trace metal pollution in surface soils is of special concern given the potential dangers to human health. This paper uses geostatistical modelling to...
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Introduction to South African Deep-Level Gold and Platinum Mining
This chapter provides an overview of deep-level gold and platinum mining in South Africa, highlighting the status quo of the industry and some of the...