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<h2 id="name">Name</h2> <p>The name <i>gossan</i> appears to come from Cornish miner's slang.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a> The terms "iron cap" and "iron hat", common in America,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> are direct translations from the German "<i>Eiserner Hut</i>" or "<i>Eisenhut</i>", which term was also used in America.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="notes">Notes</h2> <ul> <li>Cornwall portal</li></ul> <ul><li>Guilbert, John M. and Charles F. Park Jr (1986) <i>The Geology of Ore Deposits,</i> W. H. Freeman, pp 799–830, <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 0-7167-1456-6</li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Johnson, Joseph Colin Francis (1897) Getting Gold: A Practical Treatise for Prospectors, Miners, and Students Lippincott, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, page 15, OCLC 5164023 <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-oxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA15" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=Z-oxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA15</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"gossan" Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Vol. III, page 2581 <a href="/wiki/Century_Dictionary_and_Cyclopedia" target="_blank">/wiki/Century_Dictionary_and_Cyclopedia</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"gossan" Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Vol. III, page 2581 <a href="/wiki/Century_Dictionary_and_Cyclopedia" target="_blank">/wiki/Century_Dictionary_and_Cyclopedia</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"gossan" Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia Vol. III, page 2581 <a href="/wiki/Century_Dictionary_and_Cyclopedia" target="_blank">/wiki/Century_Dictionary_and_Cyclopedia</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>