Gold suitable geological layers for the African continent

These files provide the gold-suitable geological layers developed by Girard et al. to study the impact of artisanal and small-scale gold mining on deforestation in Africa.<b>License: </b><b>CC BY-NC-SA</b> — This license allows others to distribute, remix, adapt, and build upon the material for non-commercial purposes, as long as appropriate credit is given. Any derivative works must be licensed under the same terms.<b>Citation: </b>Girard, Victoire; Vic, Guillaume; Molina-Millán, Teresa (2021). Gold suitable geological layers for the African continent. Figshare NOVA School of Business &amp; Economics. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.60580/novasbe.28957058<b>Companion paper:</b> For a description of the data creation process, see : Girard, V., Molina-Millan, T., &amp; Vic, G. (2022). <i>Artisanal gold mining in Africa.</i> NOVAFRICA Working Paper No. 2201 (ungated); conditionally accepted by <i>The Economic Journal</i>.