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The Promise and Perils of Porphyry Deposits in the Future of Gold Production

2014; Issue: 98 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5382/segnews.2014-98.fea

2694-0663

Rael Lipson,

Metal Extraction and Bioleaching

Research Article| July 01, 2014 The Promise and Perils of Porphyry Deposits in the Future of Gold Production Rael Lipson Rael Lipson (SEG 1993 F) President, RDLGEO Consulting, Inc., 5982 South Emporia Circle, Englewood, Colorado 80111 †E-mail, rael.lipson@rdlgeo.com. Rael formerly was chief geologist, Gold Fields Ltd., 1999–2013. Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar SEG Discovery (2014) (98): 1–21. https://doi.org/10.5382/SEGnews.2014-98.fea Article history first online: 13 Aug 2021 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Rael Lipson; The Promise and Perils of Porphyry Deposits in the Future of Gold Production. SEG Discovery 2014;; (98): 1–21. doi: https://doi.org/10.5382/SEGnews.2014-98.fea Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySEG Discovery Search Advanced Search Mining of gold stretches back at least 6,000 years. Earliest production was from easily procured metal in alluvial deposits in Georgia and Bulgaria to satisfy demand from Mesopotamia. Although alluvial gold led the way to new areas of exploitation, there are many examples where the ancients obtained the metal from hard-rock sources (Green, 2007). As early as 3000 BCE, gold was being mined by the pharaohs (Kirkemo et al., 1998), both along the Nile River in terraced alluvial deposits in Egypt and in the Eastern Desert from orogenic-style deposits such as Barramia (near Sukari) and Wadi... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.