In its heyday in the 1930s, the mining town of Gantts Quarry, Ala., had more than 500 residents and was lined with small, wooden company houses for the miners. Some people even lived in railway ...

One of the reasons gold is so valuable is because it is highly unreactive—if you make something out of gold, it keeps its lustrous radiance. Even when you can react it with another material, it’s also ...

Gold deposits represent complex mineral systems influenced by both deep-seated geological processes and near-surface alteration. The genesis and localisation of these deposits involve a multiplicity ...