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subsequent remobilisation. It is generally accepted, however, that primary gold
grains relict in the ferruginous horizons and the extent of secondary haloes in the
Yilgarn Block of Western Australia are probably inherited from dispersion
during lateritisation (Butt, 1997).
3.26 Model illustrating developments of supergene gold deposits by modifica-
tion of a lateritic profile following uplift and change to an arid climate (after
Butt, 1997).
