9.2.1: Native Elements- Metals, Semimetals, and Nonmetals
The world's largest, the Witwatersrand deposit of northeastern South Africa, dominates world production. 40% of all the gold ever mined came from Witwatersrand ores. Figure 9.30 shows an example of very high-grade ore from the Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mine of that region. The yellow grains are gold, and the black material is uraninite. This …