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Inhospitable climate fosters gold ore formation

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Inhospitable climate fosters gold ore formation

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NewsPoster Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:56 am Posts: 20756	Inhospitable climate fosters gold ore formation Science Daily Geology The Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa holds the world’s largest gold deposits across a 200-km long swathe. Individual ore deposits are spread out in thin layers over areas up to 10 by 10 km and contain more gold than any other gold deposit in the world. Some 40% of the precious metal that has been found up to the present day comes from this area, and hundreds of tons of gold deposits still lie beneath the earth. The manner in which these giant deposits formed is still debated among geologists. Geologists are now trying to reconcile the contradictions of two previously published theories. Read more
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