Home
  >  
Section 20
  >  
Chapter 19,813

Prospecting for ore deposits by panning heavy minerals from river sands

Zeschke Gunter

Economic Geology and the Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists 56(7): 1250-1257

1961

ISSN/ISBN: 0361-0128
DOI: 10.2113/gsecongeo.57.3.459
Accession: 019812977
Notes that certain ore and indicator minerals such as scheelite (and wolframite), chromite, and hydrozincite may be transported by streams for surprisingly long distances. Panning and testing of heavy mineral concentrates can therefore be used for rapid reconnaissance of the mineral potential of relatively large areas, particularly in undeveloped regions. The application of the method in exploration for tungsten in north Pakistan is cited.

PDF emailed within 0-6 h: $19.90




Related References

Gazarek, M.; Crnicki, J.; Premur, V.; Krec, D. 1990: Grain size distribution of gravels, sands and heavy minerals in the sands of the Drava River basin between Ormoz and Durdevac Rudarsko-Geolosko-Naftni Zbornik 2: 67-73
Stattegger Karl 1987: Heavy minerals and provenance of sands; modeling of lithological end members from river sands of northern Austria and from sandstones of the Austroalpine Gosau Formation (Late Cretaceous) Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 57(2): 301-310
Gazarek, M.; Crnicki, J.; Premur, V.; Krec, D. 1990: Granulometrijski sastav sljunaka i pijesaka i teski minerali u pijescima Dravskog bazena od Ormoza do Durdevca - Grain size distribution of gravels, sands and heavy minerals in the sands of the Drava River basin between Ormoz and Durdevac Rudarsko Geolosko Naftni Zbornik 2: 67-73
Sochan Alfreda 1973: Prospects for deposits of heavy minerals in marine and beach sands of the southern Baltic Sea Kwartalnik Geologiczny 17(3): 595-597
Paramasiviah, C. 1958: Heavy minerals in the Cauvery river sands near Talkad, Mysore Current Science 27(9): 346-347
Morozov, V.N. 1966: Minerals of the heavy fraction of quartz sands in the lower Tortonian deposits of the Chernovtsy region Mineralogicheskiy Sbornik (L'vov) 20, Part 1: 77-89
Coppenhagen, J.D. van 1945: A microscopical investigation of the heavy minerals from alluvial sands of the Breede river Annale Universiteit van Stellenbosch, Serie A 22: 143-157
Balaban Aneta 1970: Heavy minerals in the alluvial sands of the Birzava River, Drocea Mountains Studii si Cercetari de Geologie-Geografie, Biologie-Muzeologie 1: 167-175
Matula Ivan; Hvozdara Pavel 1985: Present state of regional prospecting by heavy minerals and river bed sediment methods in Slovakia Pages 27-35 1985
Zaki Nabil; Ryan, J.D.nald 1971: Heavy Minerals in Delaware River Sands Between Trenton, New Jersey, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Proceedings of the Pennsylvania Academy of Science 45: 14-15
Davis James Harrison; Creel James Randall Jr.; Lurate Robert Barry 1957: Study of heavy minerals of sands of tributaries to South River, Rockbridge County, Virginia Virginia Journal of Science 8(4): 328-329
Carroll Dorothy 1959: Statistical study of heavy minerals in sands of the South River, Augusta County, Virginia; discussion Journal of Sedimentary Petrology 29(2): 284-287
West Robert, M. 1965: Heavy minerals in braided stream deposits, Platte River, Nebraska The Mountain Geologist: 61-64
Kirasirova, V.I.; Tugovik, G.I. 1968: The concentration of heavy minerals in the shoreline deposits of the Selenga river delta and Proval bay Doklady Akademii Nauk SSSR 179(4): 954-956
Goncalves, F. 1972: Mineral association (heavy minerals) of the alluvial deposits from the tributaries of the Mondego River; Portugal Memorias e Noticias, Publicacoes do Museu e Laboratorio Mineralogico e Geologico da Universidade de Coimbra: 63-86
Jensen, A.T.; Flyge, H. 1966: The minerals present in sands from Danish soils and subsoils. IV. Heavy minerals in the sand fraction Yb. R. vet. agric. Coll., 1966. 118-128
Blanco, G.; Abre, P.; Rajesh, H.M.; Germs, G.J.B. 2014: Geochemistry And Heavy Minerals Analyses On "Black Sands" Of The Lower Cambrian Fish River Subgroup (Nama Group, Namibia) South African Journal of Geology 117(1): 129-148
Grosz, A.E.; Sikhegyi Ferenc; Fugedi, U.P. 1985: Economic heavy minerals of the Danube River floodplain sediments and fluviolacustrine deposits of northwestern and central Hungary Open-File Report - U S
Gocht, W.; Pluhar, E.; Arndt, P. 1978: Application of geochemical prospecting methods for tin deposits by investigation of heavy minerals associated with cassiterite - Application des méthodes de prospection géochimique d'étain par étude des minéraux lourds associés à la cassitérite Regional Conference on Geology and Mineral Resources of Southeast Asia 3: 319-330
Spalletti, L.A. 1979: Granulometric analysis of heavy and light components in Buenos Aires coastal sands, especially natural concentrations of heavy minerals Revista de la Asociacion Argentina de Mineralogia, Petrologia y Sedimentologia 10(1-2): 23-43