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A detailed study of \(900 \mathrm{~m}^{2}\) of the Carbon Leader placer established the relationship between sedimentological features and the distribution pattern of gold. The Carbon Leader placer at the site investigated displayed many features characteristic of a fluvial environment. Two different subfacies were recognized, one consisting of lenticular-shaped conglomerate/quartzite units considered to have been formed by active channelized flow and the other, a single sheet-like conglomerate, often with underlying thin carbonaceous seams and probably formed by sheet floods. The study of the gold distribution revealed that the stream channels, representing zones of high activity, yielded very erratic gold values while the adjacent plains had consistently high gold values. The distribution pattern of gold as observed in the area studied is considered to be the result of contrasting hydrodynamic processes which prevailed within the two sub-environments.

Author

Collinson, J. D. (john David), Lewin, John, Ph. D

Publisher

Blackwell Publishing Ltd.

Published

1983

Language

EN

ISBN

9781282171497