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eluvium

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e·lu·vi·um  (-lv-m)
n.
Residual deposits of soil, dust, and rock particles produced by the action of the wind.

[New Latin luvium, from Latin luere, to wash out; see elute.]

e·luvi·al (-l) adj.

eluvium [ɪˈluːvɪəm]
n pl -via [-vɪə]
(Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a mass of sand, silt, etc.: a product of the erosion of rocks that has remained in its place of origin
[New Latin, from Latin ēluere to wash out]
eluvial  adj

eluvium  (-lv-m)
1. Residual deposits of soil, dust, and sand produced by the action of the wind.
2. Residual deposits of soil, dust, and rock particles produced by the in-situ decomposition and disintegration of rock.


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Raymor plans to install a high capacity washing system for recovering "nuggety" gold in the eluvium as soon as its tests to determine how to recover as much as possible are completed.
Twyman, geological consultant, has been on site to start the programme and reports finding several areas of artesanal gold mining of eluvial/colluvial material (eluvial material is surface material that is derived from the weathering (rotting) of bedrock and colluvial material is eluvium that has moved down-slope but is probably not very distant from its source).
Since the recent gold discovery, traditional artisanal mining of gold has developped in the overlying eluvium.
 
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