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New data on hydrocarbons in auriferous conglomerates of the Witwatersrand ore region, Republic of South Africa

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Genesis of deposits in the world’s largest Witwatersrand auriferous region (South Africa) remains a debatable issue over several decades. Based on geological and mineralogical-geochemical investigations, we previously proposed a sedimentary-exhalative hypothesis for its origin. In the present communication, we have attempted to develop and scrutinize this concept based on the study of organic matter in ore and nonore conglomerates, quartz in conglomerate pebbles, and fluid inclusions in quartz from pebbles and cement of ore and nonore conglomerates.

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Kremenetsky, I.E. Maksimyuk, 2006, published in Litologiya i Poleznye Iskopaemye, 2006, No. 2, pp. 118–133.

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Kremenetsky, A.A., Maksimyuk, I.E. New data on hydrocarbons in auriferous conglomerates of the Witwatersrand ore region, Republic of South Africa. Lithol Miner Resour 41, 102–116 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0024490206020027

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