Sketch showing the location of flood gold
Geology

Types of Placers

Table of ContentsRESIDUAL GOLD PLACERSELUVIAL GOLD PLACERSSTREAM GOLD PLACERSa. Gulch placers:b. Creek placers:c. River deposits:d. Gravel-plain deposits:BENCH GOLD PLACERSFLOOD GOLD DEPOSITSDESERT GOLD PLACERSTERTIARY GRAVELS DEPOSITGOLD PLACER DEPOSIT TYPESa. Beach

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gold-placer-geology
Geology

Gold Placer Geology

Table of Contentsa. Lodes:b. Pre-existing placers:c. Auriferous conglomerates and glacial debris:d. Magmatic segregations:e. Regional rocks:How Gold Placer Deposit Formeda. Ground water:b. Temperature:c. Plant growth:d. Surface

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Colorimetric Analysis

This method of analysis is generally applied to the determination of small percentages of an element or compound, and in this chapter the following will

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example
Various

Analysis by Neutralisation

The measurement of the strength of an acid by the quantity of alkali required to neutralise it (termed acidimetry), and the measurement of the strength

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copper-smelting
Various

Electrolytic Analysis

Table of ContentsProduction of the CurrenMeasurement of the Current StrengthMeasurement of the TensionElectrodes & Electrolytic CellELECTROLYTIC ESTIMATION OF COPPERMethod of AnalysisThe AnalysisTHE ESTIMATION OF COPPER

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ore
Various

Assaying Lead Ores

To determine by fire-assay the percentage of lead in: (a) The sulphide. Galena (PbS). (b) An oxidised ore containing Cerussite (PbCO3), Anglesite (PbSO4), etc. (a) The

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