Gold

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xix

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2. Introduction

   • Robert W. Boyle

   Pages 1-10

3. General Geochemistry of Gold and Types of Auriferous Deposits

   • Robert W. Boyle

   Pages 11-21

4. Gold During the Pre-Classical (Primitive) Period (5000 B.C.–600 B.C.)

   • Robert W. Boyle

   Pages 23-28

5. Gold During the Classical Period

   • Robert W. Boyle

   Pages 29-38

6. Gold During the Middle Ages

   • Robert W. Boyle

   Pages 39-50

7. Gold During the Renaissance

   • Robert W. Boyle

   Pages 51-64

8. Gold During the Transition to Modern Scientific Views

   • Robert W. Boyle

   Pages 65-77

9. Gold in the Modern Era

   • Robert W. Boyle

   Pages 79-83

10. Geochemistry of Gold

    • Gustav Bischof, Frank Wigglesworth Clarke, A. E. Fersman, V. M. Goldschmidt, Kalervo Rankama, Th G. Sahama et al.

    Pages 85-196

11. The Origin of Epigenetic Gold Deposits—the Ore-Magma Theory

    • J. E. Spurr, Rollin Farmin, W. J. Bichan

    Pages 197-228

12. The Origin of Epigenetic Gold Deposits—the Magmatic Hydrothermal Theory

    • William Harvey Emmons, E. S. Moore, W. Malcolm, Adolph Knopf, Donald E. White

    Pages 229-298

13. The Origin of Epigenetic Gold Deposits—The Granitization Theory

    • Robert W. Boyle

    Pages 299-307

14. The Origin of Gold Deposits— The Exhalite Theory

    • Robert W. Boyle

    Pages 309-314

15. Origin of Epigenetic Gold Deposits—Secretion Theories

    • Robert W. Boyle

    Pages 315-334

16. Gold Deposits—Quartz-Pebble Conglomerate and Quartzite Type

    • J. W. Gregory, C. Baring Horwood, L. C. Graton, E. T. Mellor, W. R. Liebenberg, D. A. Pretorius et al.

    Pages 335-454

17. Gold Deposits—Placers

    • J. B. Tyrrell, Waldemar Lindgren, B. R. MacKay, N. A. Shilo, Yu V. Shumilov, S. G. Zhelnin et al.

    Pages 455-544

18. Oxidation and Secondary Enrichment of Gold Deposits

    • Robert W. Boyle

    Pages 545-582

19. Gold Deposits—Special Topics

    • William H. White, Frank Ebbutt

    Pages 583-626

20. The Economics of Gold and Gold Mining

    • Robert W. Boyle

    Pages 627-661

GOLD: History and Genesis of Deposits is the product of an effort by the Society of Economic Geologists to publish materials that will expand knowl­ edge concerning timely, specific topics important to the study of economic geology and to economic geologists. A volume on gold was selected for a general review-type publication because of the importance of the gold mining industry in the 1980s. The officers and council of the Society of Economic Geologists authorized the preparation of this book on gold in 1981, and Dr. Robert W. Boyle was selected as its author. Dr. Boyle has extensive experience in the study of gold deposits. He has an international reputation and a broad interest and understanding of the gold mining industry, the origin of gold deposits, and the history of gold as a metal and ore from prehistoric times to recent. Dr. Boyle uses important publications on gold deposits as source materials to document the various pathways of geological thought over time to introduce the reader to modern concepts. The book contains a wealth of information concerning gold.

• economic geology
• geology
• mining
• reef

• Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa, Canada

  Robert W. Boyle

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