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Recent fluvial sediments of the Rio Neuquén, Argentina, contain variable amounts of placer gold. In addition to rounded, detrital placer gold, the sediments also contain pristine crystalline gold (type 1 gold), which occurs as overgrowths on detrital placer gold cores. Type 1 gold is locally rimmed by gold with a wormlike or crystalline texture (type 2 gold). The chemistry of the primary cores indicates variable intragrain and intergrain compositional heterogeneity. This is interpreted to indicate'a multisource origin. Type 1 gold is composed of virtually pure gold (>98 at. % Au) and type 2 gold is an Au-Hg amalgam (4-9 at. % Hg). Both varieties are authigenic in origin. The formation of the virtually pure type 1 gold is interpreted to be due to the addition of Au from an external source, rather than by the removal of Ag and other metals. The AuHgAg type 2 gold is interpreted to be due to Hg contamination from historic mining. Type 1 gold is interpreted to be analogous to the Ag-poor rims present on many placer gold grains. The evidence presented in this study supports the view that the Ag-poor rims on placer gold grains are the result of Au addition and not Ag removal. This study also has implications for both quantitative morphological and paragenetic studies of placer gold grains.

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Documento: Artículo
Título:Crystalline placer gold from the Rio Neuquén, Argentina: Implications for the gold budget in placer gold formation
Autor:McCready, A.J.; Parnell, J.; Castro, L.
Filiación:Mineralogy and Petrology Group, Institute of Geological Sciences, University of Leoben, Leoben A-8700, Austria
Dept. of Geology/Petroleum Geology, University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen AB24 3UA, United Kingdom
Depto. de Cie. Geológias, Faculdad de Cie. Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 1428, Argentina
Palabras clave:Fluvial sediments; Contamination; Crystalline materials; Gold; Sediments; Geology; geochemistry; gold; ore deposit; placer deposit; source rock; Argentina
Año:2003
Volumen:98
Número:3
Página de inicio:623
Página de fin:633
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.98.3.623
Título revista:Economic Geology
Título revista abreviado:Econ. Geol.
ISSN:03610128
CODEN:ECGLA
Registro:https://bibliotecadigital.exactas.uba.ar/collection/paper/document/paper_03610128_v98_n3_p623_McCready

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McCready, A.J., Parnell, J. & Castro, L. (2003) . Crystalline placer gold from the Rio Neuquén, Argentina: Implications for the gold budget in placer gold formation. Economic Geology, 98(3), 623-633.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.98.3.623
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McCready, A.J., Parnell, J., Castro, L. "Crystalline placer gold from the Rio Neuquén, Argentina: Implications for the gold budget in placer gold formation" . Economic Geology 98, no. 3 (2003) : 623-633.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.98.3.623
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McCready, A.J., Parnell, J., Castro, L. "Crystalline placer gold from the Rio Neuquén, Argentina: Implications for the gold budget in placer gold formation" . Economic Geology, vol. 98, no. 3, 2003, pp. 623-633.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.98.3.623
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McCready, A.J., Parnell, J., Castro, L. Crystalline placer gold from the Rio Neuquén, Argentina: Implications for the gold budget in placer gold formation. Econ. Geol. 2003;98(3):623-633.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2113/gsecongeo.98.3.623