Typomorphic peculiarities of placer gold from alluvium of the chornyi cheremosh-river left tributaries

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2014

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Мінералогічний збірник

Abstract

Typomorphic features of native gold from alluvial deposits of the Chornyi (Black) Cheremosh-river left tributaries are characterized. Major morphological types of native gold have been distinguished and the main sources ofplacer gold have been identified.

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Chornyi (Black) Cheremosh is the river in the Ukrainian Carpathians within Verkhovyna district of Ivano-Frankivsk region. Black Cheremosh-river originates in the North-Eastern slope of the Chyvchyny Mountains which are the part of Maramorosh massif of the Ukrainian Carpathians. Alluvium of the Black Cheremosh-river everywhere is gold bearing in varying degrees. The river has numerous tributaries. Most of the left tributaries of the Black Cheremosh-river are also gold bearing.

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native gold, morphology, chemical composition, alluvial sediments, Chornyi Cheremosh river, ukrainian carpathians

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