| Locality type: | Prospect |
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| Species: | Petzite |
| Formula: | Ag3AuTe2 |
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| Validity: | Believed Valid |
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| Mineral Data: | Click here to view Petzite data |
| Locality Data: | Click here to view Kotopre prospect, Obuasi Gold Project, Ashanti Region, Ghana |
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| Mindat Occurrence Record ID: | 1571080 |
| Long-form Identifier: | 1:3:1571080:0 |
| GUID (UUID V4): | bb319b9c-bd1f-41a5-81b1-41b601528cc9 |
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 | | Journal (article/letter/editorial) | | Supergene gold mineralogy at Ashanti, Ghana" Implications for the supergene behaviour of gold R. J. BOWELL*...Southampton SO9 5NH Abstract A t the Ashanti concession, Ghana, gold-bearing quartz veins and disseminated...hypogene ore zone. In the unweathered hypogene orebody, gold occurs as free grains in quartz, as sub-microscopic...disseminated arsenopyrite, as gold tellurides and as aurostibite. The gold is released from the hypogene...complexing. Dissolution and reprecipitation of the gold appears to have taken place largely in situ with |
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