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[quote:zacksavage:MV83NDI1NDVfMTEzOTM5NzZfN0JDQzUzN0E=] 627017 – don’t know what that is,….how about it huh? 572046 – don’t recall saying anything about looking tonight or any night for that matter. I am in the middle of three million three hundred thousand acres of national forest. Five hundred and fifty eight thousand of which is designated wilderness. I will be out an about all summer,… Looking for gold,…sheds,…crystals,…among other things. Thanks for posting. ***edit*** Question: How is gold formed? joseph ramirez Answer: Gold is formed as the result of molten rock, called magma, being intruded into solid rock. As the magma cools and solidifies, water and other volatile substances separate out from the magma under high pressure. The high pressure of hot water and steam force open fissures in the surrounding solid rock, through which these hydrothermal solutions travel. When the hydrothermal solutions cool, deposition of material occurs, especially quartz in the form of quartz veins. Because gold has a relatively low melting temperature, it is sometimes carried by these hydrothermal solutions through the fissures in the rock and solidifies inside the quartz veins. [b]Thus, the place to look for gold is usually in quartz veins near the intrusion of a magma body.[/b] One example is the so-called Mother Lode of the Sierra Nevada in California. If these quartz veins are eroded, the gold may be found in streams and rivers; this explains why the 49-ers of the last century were able to pan for gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada. -Grant http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/gen99/gen99242.htm Z [/quote]
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So,...I'm going out night scouting in the Wilderness soon.
I am in an area of massive volcanic activity. I'm looking for gold,...among other things.
If anyone has any information regarding identification of rock types and geologic features to look for,... I would appreciate the aid.
Z
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