Important Mining Districts

Introduction The gold fields of the Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa are, by a landslide, the largest single gold producing district in the world. It has produced some 2 billion ounces ...

Sediment-hosted copper deposits are the second most important source of copper next to porphyry copper deposits and account for about 20% of the world’s copper production. The Central African Copper ...

“From Morenci, Arizona where the copper mines glow I could see Clifton in the canyon below” –  Open Pit Mine, George Jones Porphyry Copper deposits are the planet’s largest source of ...

Overview The 80km-long Guerrero Gold Belt (GGB) lies within Guerrero, a southern state of Mexico. Gold was discovered in the region in the 1920’s and small private mining operations worked ...

Overview Several of the world’s largest gold and base metal deposits are found in eastern Canada’s Abitibi greenstone belt (AGB). The term world-class can sometimes be overused, but the AGB ...

Overview Two of the world’s most important gold districts are found in Archean greenstone belts: the Yilgarn Craton in Western Australia and the southern Superior Province of eastern Canada. Many ...

Most people have heard of the 49ers and the California Gold Rush. Not nearly as many people are aware that there was an American Gold Rush before the 49ers. This ...

Overview Stretching in an arc almost 2000 km long across Alaska and the Yukon is the rich Tintina Gold Province (TGP) where over 50 million ounces of lode gold resources ...

“Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!” “Gold! Gold! Gold from the American River!” Those words uttered from Samuel Brannan upon his arrival in San Francisco, California created a large scale immigration ...

Carlin-type gold deposits account for 9% of the world’s gold production. These deposits are typically low grade, high tonnage and they appear to be largely confined to Nevada, USA. While gold ...