The landforms associated with industrial placer gold mining in Siberia

0555973 - ÚGN 2023 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Kolejka, Jaromír
The landforms associated with industrial placer gold mining in Siberia.
Geografie. Roč. 127, č. 1 (2022), s. 31-54. ISSN 1212-0014. E-ISSN 2571-421X
Institutional support: RVO:68145535
Keywords : Ghana * upper Indigirka and Kolyma Region * semi-arch heap * permafrost quarry * heap fields
OECD category: Physical geography
Impact factor: 0.9, year: 2022
Method of publishing: Open access
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Industrial placer gold mining creates specific montane relief shapes. The character of these landforms is influenced by the mining technology used, the management of the site and mining area, the organization of the work and the subsequent measures after the termination of mining. Available classifications of known landforms can also be partially applied to shapes created during placer gold mining. Field research was conducted on gold-bearing fields in the upper courses of the Indigirka and Kolyma rivers. Drawn and photographic documentation of sample landforms was obtained, and their dimensions were ascertained, or their genesis was observed. The landforms found often differ in character and size from shapes known from other raw material mining and industrial gold panning sites. The mining landforms created during the industrial panning of gold in Siberia are documented by drawings according to the facts found during the field research. The text presents their basic differences from the hitherto known landforms.
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