Earthquakes Make Gold Veins in an Instant

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[–]SundogsPlace[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

So interestingly, I've been looking into gold mining lately; it's an interesting topic. We never ran out of gold; we were forcibly stopped from mining it in World War 2. What's this mean??? Most of the gold mines, abandoned today, still have gold.

The government ruled that only mining essential to the war operations could continue; copper, iron, lead, et el. But not gold.

Any ways, and off of oddball facts, if this is a true discovery, and gold forms like this, then that's incredible. It's almost akin to the rumors of abiotic oil, or the oil fields that were used up, replenishing.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Is this an article about fools gold (pyrite)?.

My friend. Gold is a element that is formed during supernova explosions, or collisions of neuron stars.. The neuron star collision is a more recent hypothesis, but appears to have gained a lot of support.

Mining companies process mined stone and chemically extract gold from tons and tons of pulverized rock. There's way more Mercury, lead, thorium, and various heavy metals in the stone, so the environmental fallout is hideous. There's still lead in Mercury in San Jose drinking water from mines that are +50 miles away, and closed a hundred years ago.

We should leave gold in the grounds. It's useful, but the amount required for practical use is readily available.

I went panning for gold with my grandparents many years ago. It's shitty.

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It makes the veins, not the gold.

[–]wizzwizz4 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Eventually, more fluid percolates out of the surrounding rocks into the gap, restoring the initial pressure. But that doesn’t occur immediately, and so in the interim a single earthquake can produce an instant (albeit tiny) gold vein.

I think this might be legitimate. I haven't done any research, but it seems to check out.

[–]Tom_Bombadil 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Evidence, please?.