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Name: Case Study: Gold: Worth its Weight?
ID: m41467
Language: English (en)
Summary: In this module, the the large environmental impact of gold mining is discussed.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: Heap leaching, Hushing, Hydraulic mining, Mercury amalgamation, Panning, Sluice box
License: Creative Commons Attribution License CC-BY 3.0
Authors: Steve Altaner (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Copyright Holders: U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Maintainers: U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative (tgilles@uillinois.edu)
Latest version: 1.5 (history)
First publication date: Oct 28, 2011 12:52 pm -0500
Last revision to module: Apr 27, 2012 3:23 pm -0500

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Version History

Version: 1.5 Apr 27, 2012 3:23 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
fix capitalization of glossary terms. (mwl)
Version: 1.4 Jan 18, 2012 10:39 am -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Added Google Analytics tracking code
Version: 1.3 Jan 16, 2012 6:15 pm -0600 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Remove number from title; fix headings;  Remove numbers from Figure Captions; bold "Figure" in content; keywords and summary (mwl)
Version: 1.2 Oct 31, 2011 10:54 am -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
added Altaner as author (mwl)
Version: 1.1 Oct 28, 2011 2:14 pm -0500 by U of I Open Source Textbook Initiative
Changes: 
Created module (mwl)

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