Distance to Lootable Gold Deposit¶
Distance to nearest lootable or surface gold deposit. Derived from GOLDATA dataset which consists of 2969 entries for gold occurrences in 108 countries. Dataset downloaded September 2017.
Details¶
| Type | raster |
| Global coverage | Yes |
| Tags | environment, distance, resources, gold, conflict |
| Variable | distance in meters |
| License | Not recorded — see the source link |
Resources¶
| Name | Label | Date |
|---|---|---|
| distance_to_gold_v12_none | — | — |
Citation¶
Balestri Sara & Mario A. Maggioni, 2014. ‘Blood diamonds, dirty gold and spatial spill-overs: Measuring conflict dynamics in Western Africa’, in Peace Economics, Peace science and Public Policy, Vol. 20 (4): 551-564.