Gold Deposit Classification: List of 10 Types of Gold Deposits

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Gold/Auriferous Deposits can be classified into types for which here is a List of 10 Types of Gold Deposits:

Auriferous porphyry dykes, sills, and stocks; Auriferous pegmatites; coarse-grained granitic deposits + albitite.
Carbonatites and carbonatite-related deposits.
Auriferous skarn and gold skarn type deposit.
Gold/Silver and vise-versa veins, lodes, mineralized pipes and irregular silicified deposits in fraction, faults + zones.
Auriferous veins, lodes, sheeted zones, saddle reefs in faults and fractures.
Silver/Gold and vise-versa veins, lodes, stockworks and silicified zones in a complex geological environment with sedimentary, volcanic and various igneous intrusive + granitic rocks.
Disseminated and stockrock gold/silver deposits in igneous, volcanic and sedimentary rocks.
Gold deposits in quartz-pebble conglomerates and quartzites.
Eluvial and alluvial placers
Various other gold sources.

Gold Deposits Types: List of 10

Gold Deposit Class #1	Pegmatites are igneous rocks formed in the final stage of magma crystallization	Porphyry Dyke	Coarse-grained granite	Albitite
Gold Deposit Class #2	Carbonatite	Carbonatite Related
Gold Deposit Class #3	Auriferous Gold Skarn Type Deposit
Gold Deposit Class #4	Gold/Silver Veins	Saddle reef	Mineralize pipes	Silicified deposits
Gold Deposit Class #5	Auriferous veins	Saddle Fracture	Sheeted Zone	Saddle Fault
Gold Deposit Class #6	Auriferous Lode	Stockworks	Silicified zones	Intrusive Igneous Rocks
Gold Deposit Class #7	Disseminated	Stockworks	Sedimentary	Volcanic rock
Gold Deposit Class #8	Quartz pebble conglomerate	Quartzite
Gold Deposit Class #9	Alluvial placers	Eluvial placers
Gold “Deposit” Class #10	Electrorefining Slimes: Example -Selenium Roasting Waste – Gold rich