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THE origin of the gold and the uranium in the conglomerates of the Witwatersrand system is a much-disputed problem. Two main schools of thought seem to have emerged, namely, the adherents to a placer hypothesis and those who support a hydro-thermal theory of origin. Geological age determinations on Witwatersrand uraninites would yield valuable information to geologists concerned with this problem, since it is universally agreed that this system is of sedimentary origin and a maximum possible age for the system as a whole can be arrived at from field observations.
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LOUW, J. Geological Ages of Witwatersrand Uraninites. Nature 175, 349–350 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/175349a0
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