Native Gold as a Specific Indicator Mineral for Gold Deposits

• Other Authors: Palyanova, Galina (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning; geological-industrial types; ore formations; typomorphic features of native gold; gold deposits in the north-east of Russia; clinopyroxenites; palladium gold; platinum group minerals; chlorite geothermometer; sulfur isotopic composition; placers; gold; Chile; gold microchemistry; gold morphometry; gold provenance; Jagpura Au-Cu deposit; Aravalli Craton; high fineness gold; hydrothermal magnetite; fluid inclusions; IOCG-IOA type: IOCG-Co (reduced) subtype mineralization; placer gold; internal structures; stages of ore formation; endogenous and exogenous conditions; coarse-grained structure; high-grade shell; recrystallization; granulation; deformation structures; porpezite; alkaline-ultrabasic rocks; Anabar shield; Siberian Platform; alluvial gold; indicator mineral; compositional studies; disseminated Au-sulfide mineralization; orogenic gold deposits; Yana-Kolyma metallogenic belt; sulfide microtextures and mineralogy; stable sulfur isotopes; mineral chemistry; source of gold; typomorphic features; fineness; internal structure; Anabar placer area; hydrothermal-metasomatic formations; K-feldspathization; jasperoids; ore mineralization; fault zone; ore gold; sulfides; gold mineralization; metasomatites; bismuth; tellurides; uytenbogaardtite; bismoclite; cervelleite; native gold; supergene gold; the Spokoininsky cluster; the Aldan-Stanovoy gold province; the Aldan shield; Pd,Hg-rich low-fineness gold; Au-containing potarite; substitution structure; Itchaivayam mafic-ultramafic complex (Kamchatka, Russia); placer; typomorphysm; linear weathered crust; Sukhoi Log deposit; gold-sulfide-quartz (gold-arsenic) and gold-sulfide formations; Polar Urals; Manitanyrd ridge; ore occurrences; ore mineralogy; sulfur isotopes; palladian gold; Pd,Cu,Ag,Hg-bearing gold; Au-Pd; Au-Pd-Ag; Au-Pd-Cu; Au-Pd-Hg; Au-Pd-Ag-Cu; Au-Pd-Ag-Hg; Au-Pd-Ag-Cu-Hg systems; minerals in association; PGE and gold deposits; T,P,X-conditions of ore formation; Au-Pd mineralization types; detrital gold; gold alloy composition; mineral inclusions; indicator minerals; gold deposit types; British Columbia; brannerite; uranium mineralization; Ozerninsky ore cluster; Western Transbaikalia; n/a
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This Special Issue reprint includes one review and fifteen research articles. The review by Palyanova et al. (2023) summarized the available information on the palladian gold and proposed classifying the types of deposits based on the fineness, content, and set of impurities in palladian gold and minerals intergrown with it. Fifteen articles focused on the typomorphic features of native gold from gold deposits in Russia, India, Chile, Scotland, and Canada. This Special Issue aims to identify and generalize the reasons for variations in the compositions of native gold. I hope all the articles in this Special Issue will be helpful and valuable resources for anyone who is interested in native gold and gold deposits. I thank the Authors and Reviewers for their efforts and contributions. I am also grateful to the Editor-in-Chief, Editors and Assistant Editors of Minerals for their help.