Small-scale gold mining in southern Africa

Title: Small-scale gold mining in southern Africa
Creator: Joubert, Barend Daniel
Subject: Gold mines and mining -- South Africa
Subject: Abandoned mines
Subject: Abandoned mines -- South Africa
Date Issued: 1992
Date: 1992
Type: Thesis
Type: Masters
Type: MSc
Identifier: vital:5002
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1005615
Identifier: Gold mines and mining -- South Africa
Identifier: Abandoned mines
Identifier: Abandoned mines -- South Africa
Description: The general characteristics of gold deposits are reviewed, and a classification of gold deposits based on mineability is proposed. Evaluation, mlnlng and beneficiation methods are briefly discussed. It is concluded that the most viable targets for small-scale companies comprise deposits that require the least pre-production time and expense. Great potential exists for the small-scale reclamation of gold from tailings dumps and abandoned mines in Southern Africa. There is also potential for developing new smallscale gold mines in the Archaean greenstone terranes of the Zimbabwean and Kaapvaal cratons.
Format: 110 p.
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University
Publisher: Faculty of Science, Geology
Language: English
Rights: Joubert, Barend Daniel

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