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Mar 1973
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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 37, Issue 3, pp.379-399
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The solubility of gold in aqueous sulphide solutions has been determined from pH 20°C 4 to pH 20°C 9.5 in the presence of a pyrite-pyrrhotite redox buffer at temperatures from 160 to 300°C and 1000 bar pressure. Maximum solubilities were obtained in the neutral region of pH as, for example, with m NaHS = 0.15 m , pH 20°C = 5.96, T = 309° C , P = 1000 bar where a gold solubility of 225 mg/kg was obtained. It was concluded that three thio gold complexes contributed to the solubility. The complex Au 2 (HS) 2 S 2- predominated in alkaline solution, the Au(HS) 2 - complex occurred in the neutral pH region, and in the acid pH region, it was concluded with less certainty that the Au(HS)° complex was present. Formation constants calculated forAu 2 (HS) 2 S 2- and Au (HS) 2 - emphasize their high stability. In the temperature range from 175 to 250°C, values of p for Au 2 (HS) 2 S 2- vary from -53.0 to 47.9 (±1.6) and from -23.1 to -19.5 ( ± 1.5) for Au(HS) 2 - . Equilibrium constante for the dissolution reactions, and 2 Au ° + H 2 S + 2 H 8 - Au ( HS ) 2 - + H 2 vary from pK m = +2.4 to +2.55 (±0.10) for Au 2 (HS) 2 S 2- and from pK n = + 1.29 to + 1.19 (±0.10) for Au(HS) 2 - over the temperature range 175 to 250°C. Enthalpies of these dissolution reactions were calculated to be H m ° = -5.2 ±2.0 kcal/mol and H n ° = +1.7 ±2.0 kcal / mol respectively. It was concluded that gold is probably transported in hydrothermal ore solutions as both thio and chloro complexes and may be deposited in response to changes in temperature, pressure, pH, oxidation potential of the system and total sulphur concentration.
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