Geology of Gold Mineralization How Gold Deposits are Formed
Where base metals such as copper, lead, and zincare deposited, either in veins or as scattered mineral grains, minor amounts of goldmonly deposited with them. Deposits of this type are mined for the predominant metals, but the gold is also recovered as a byproduct during processing of the ore. Most byproduct golde from porphyry deposits, which are so large that even though

































