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Record 1 2011-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Gold and Silver Mining
CONT

Over time, placer gold deposits can be buried and lithified to form fossil placers.

CONT

Fossil placer deposits are also of great importance, with the world's largest gold deposit, the Witwatersrand reefs of South Africa, an excellent example.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Mines d'or et d'argent
CONT

[...] le Witwatersrand d’Afrique du Sud est un placer fossile.

Spanish

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