Invisible gold in arsenian pyrite and arsenopyrite from a multistage Archaean gold deposit: Sunrise Dam, Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia

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Yoo-Hyun Sung1, Joël Brugger2, Cristiana L. Ciobanu2, Allan Pring2, William Skinner3, Michael Nugus4
1Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, South Australia 5095, Australia
2Division of Minerals, South Australian Museum, Adelaide, South Australia, 5000, Australia
3Ian Wark Research Institute, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, Australia
4Sunrise Dam Gold Mine, AngloGold Ashanti Australia Ltd, Laverton, Australia

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