Table of Content

    Section 1: Introduction 

    Gold the Indestructible |  The Genesis of Gold |  Chemical and Physical Properties |  Reactivity and Uses |  Gold Mining Project |  Economics of Gold Projects |  Gold Purity |  Gold Units | Silver Metallurgy  | Platinum Group Metals |  Natural Occurrence of Gold  |   History of the Gold Mining in the United States  |   The Discovery of Gold in California  |  History of Gold Mining in Arizona  |  Gold Mining in Colorado  |  Gold Mining in Dakota  |  Gold Mining in Georgia   |  Gold Exploration and Mining in Idaho  |  Gold in North Caroline  |   Gold in South Caroline   |  Gold Mining in Alabama   |  Gold Mining in Alaska  |   Gold Mining in Arkansas  |   Gold Mining in Connecticut   |  Gold Mining in Indiana  |   Gold Mining in Kansas   |  Gold Mining in Maryland  |   Gold Mining in Minnesota   |  Gold Mining in Missouri  |  Gold Mining in Montana   |  Gold Mining in Nebraska  |  Gold Mining in Nevada   |  Gold Mining in New Hampshire   |  Gold Mining in New Mexico   |  Gold Mining in New York  |   Gold Mining in Ohio   |  Gold Mining in Oklahoma   |  Gold Mining in Oregon   |  Gold Mining in Pennsylvania   |  Gold Mining in South Dakota   |  Gold Mining in Tennessee  |   Gold Mining in Texas   |  Gold Mining in Utah   |  Gold Mining in Vermont  |   Gold Mining in Virginia   |  Gold Mining in Washington  |  Gold Mining in Wisconsin   |  Gold Mining in Wyoming  |  Gold Mining in British Columbia  |   Gold Mining in Quebec   |  Gold Mining in Manitoba and Saskatchewan   |  Gold Mining in New Brunswick  |  Gold Mining in Newfoundland and Labrador  |   Gold Mining in Nova Scotia  |   History of Gold Mining in Mexico  |

     

    Section 2: Auriferous Deposits

    Gold Occurrence |  Gold Sources | Platinum Group Metal Deposits  |  Gold and Sulphide Minerals  |   Deep Leads Gold Deposit  |   Occurrence of Disseminated Gold Deposits  Occurrence of Vein Gold Deposits  |  Importance of Lithology in Gold Deposits  |  Non-Sulphide Minerals Present in Gold Deposits  |  Gold Vein deposits  |  Base Metal Sulphides Present in Gold Deposits  |   Gold Deposits with Base Metal Oxides  |  Gold Vein Formation |  Faults and Gold Deposits  |  Gold Vein Types  |   Fissures in gold Deposits  |  Gold Veins Width  |  Gold-Bearing Veins in Dykes  |  Formation of Gold Placers  |  Loaming Prospecting  |   Gold Gravel Deposit  |  River Gold Deposits  |  Bottom Gravels  |  Glacial Gold Deposits  |  Sea Beach Gold Deposits  |  Deep Lead Gold Deposit  |   Formation of Deep Lead Deposits  |  Lateritic Gold Deposits   |  Geological Distribution of Gold   |  Gold Deposits in the Pacific Region  |  Conglomerated Beds of the Witwatersrand

    Gold sources: Placers  |  Leachable ores   |  Weathered ores   |  Silver-Gold ores   |  Iron sulphides minerals  |   Base metal sulphide minerals  |  Gold tellurides  |  Non-sulphide gangue  |  Carbonaceous material  |  Arsenic minerals  |  Non-ore material 

    Section 3: Mineralogy 

    Gold ores |  Gold Particle Size |  Gold Metallurgy Performance |  Mineralogical Studies  |  Fault Gouge and Gold Veins  |  Gold Placers  |   Rock Minerals of Gold Deposits  |   Rock Structure of Gold Deposits   |  Gold Beds Deposits   |  Gold-Bearing Veins   |  Special Cases of Gold-Bearing Veins  |   Origin of Gold Veins  |  Filling of Gold Veins  |   Effect of Water on Gold Veins Filling  |   Source of Gangue Minerals in Gold Veins  |   Natural Processes and Gold Veins Formation  |   Rocks and Gold Veins Filling   |  Eruptive Rocks and Gold Veins  |   Country Rocks and Gold Veins Filling  |  Native Gold  |   Formation of Gold Deposits in California  |   Chemical Geology of Gold Deposits |
    Gold metallurgical performance: Particle size  |  Refractority  |  Submicroscopic particles  |  Tarnished and smeared particles  |   Silver-Gold ores  |  Cyanicides   |  Gangue

     

    Section 4: Prospecting and Exploration 

    Photogeology  |  Seismic Method  | Radar Exploration | Sample Extraction |  Sample handling |  Assays |  Metallurgical Tests |  Prospecting |  Where to look for gold ores |   How to Detect and Recognize Gold  | Trace Analysis of Gold   |  Qualitative Tests to Determine Platinum Group Metals  |  Gold Placer Prospecting  |  Gold Loaming |  Prospecting Gold Veins  |  Sampling Gold Deposits   |  Salting Gold Deposits  |   Prospecting Tools  |  Surface Gold Signs  |  Geochemical Exploration for Gold  |   Interpretation of Stream Surveys  |   Interpretation of Soil Surveys  |  Limitations of Geochemical Exploration  |  Uses of Geophysics in Gold Prospecting  |  Basics of Earth Resistivity   |   Basics of Refraction Seismic   |  Electromagnetic Fields and Gold Exploration  |   Metal Detector for Gold Prospecting   |   Recognition of Faults  |  Recognition of Rock Joints  |   Recognition of Gold in Fissure Veins  |  Prospecting for a Gold Placer  |  Gold Prospecting Points |  Prospecting for Gold Bearing Veins   |  Prospecting for Gold Veins in Slopes  |   Signs of Gold Veins  |  Detailed Exploration Work for Gold   |  Shaft Location for Gold Exploration  |  Dip of Gold-Bearing Minerals Beds  |   Gold Prospecting  |  Drilling Gold Deposits
    Sample extraction: Sampling   |  Trenching  |   Drilling  |  Reverse Circulation Drilling  |   Rotary Drilling
    Metallurgical tests: Gold Panning  |  Sluice  |  Rocker  |  Long tom  |  Flat Spiral  |   Dry Washer  |   Centrifugal concentration  |  Flotation tests  |  Cyanidation tests

     

    Section 5: Gold Recovery
     

    Gravimetric concentration  |  Sluice  |  Jigs  |  Modified Sluice  |  Shaking Table  |  Washing plants  |  Spiral Concentrators   |  Cone Concentrator  |  Knelson Concentrator  |   Falcon Concentrator   |  Gemini Table  |   Advantages of Gold Gravity Concentration  |   Equipment for Gold Gravity Concentration   |  The Kelsey Centrifugal Jig   |  The APIC Jig  |   Multotec Spirals  |   Mozley Multi-Gravity Separator   |  Gold Recovery Using Centrifugal Concentrators  |  Gold Recovery by Gravity  |   Gravity Recoverable Gold  |   Determination of Gravity Recoverable Gold  |   Prediction of Gold Gravity Recovery  |   How to Calculate the Gravity Recoverable Gold  |  Considerations to Select a Knelson or Falcon Unit  |   Gold Gravity Concentration   |  Vickers Xatal Spirals   |  Centrifugal and Non-Centrifugal Gold Concentrators  |  Gold Recovery and Riffles  |   How to Include a Gold Gravity Concentration Circuit  |   How to Evaluate Gold Gravity Recovery  |  The Importance of Gold Gravity Recovery  |   Evaluation of Gold Recovery by Gravimetric Concentration  |   Importance of Gold Recoverable by Gravity  |   How to Clean a Gold Gravity Concentrate  |   

    Section 6: Smelting Process
     

    Gold Refining Steps  |  Effect of Market and Environment on Gold Refining  |  Pre-Refining Processes  |  Silver Recovery  |  Gold Electrorefining  |  Gold Chemical Refining   |  The Wohlwill process  |  Effect of Impurities on the Wohlwill Process  |  Wohlwill Process Operation |  Miller Chlorination Process  |  Effect of Impurities on the Miller Chlorination Process  |  Transference of Gold and Silver into the Slag  |   Operation of the Miller Chlorination Process |   Refining of Precious Metals with Sulphuric Acid |   Recovery of Gold from the Sulphuric Acid Residue |   Recovery of Silver by the Sulphuric Acid Method |   Parting with Nitric Acid |   Recovery of Gold from the Parting Residue  |  Recovery of Silver from the Parting Solution |  Gold Refining by Cupellation  |  Cupellation Process Operation | 
     

    Section 7: Geometallurgy
     

    Section 8: References