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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Locations to pan from SE burbs of Melbourne.
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<blockquote data-quote="user 4386" data-source="post: 652374" data-attributes="member: 4386"><p>I doubt that 10% of streams worked in the past have pannable mercury but some definitely do (Canadian Creek in Ballarat, central Jamieson River). Problem is it gets into trout etc, to the extent that you must limit the amount of trout you eat from Eildon reservoir (can cause brain damage and damage to human fetus). Mind you, you should limit shark and swordfish consumption as well for the same reason, even where no known mining input, so even from your market or fish shop. Some people take it into their system more readily. Over 100 years about a third of the metallic mercury has converted to methyl mercury, which does not look metallic and is very toxic. It is definitely an issue in a few streams (it is estimated that 900 tons of metallic mercury was lost in Victorian streams).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 4386, post: 652374, member: 4386"] I doubt that 10% of streams worked in the past have pannable mercury but some definitely do (Canadian Creek in Ballarat, central Jamieson River). Problem is it gets into trout etc, to the extent that you must limit the amount of trout you eat from Eildon reservoir (can cause brain damage and damage to human fetus). Mind you, you should limit shark and swordfish consumption as well for the same reason, even where no known mining input, so even from your market or fish shop. Some people take it into their system more readily. Over 100 years about a third of the metallic mercury has converted to methyl mercury, which does not look metallic and is very toxic. It is definitely an issue in a few streams (it is estimated that 900 tons of metallic mercury was lost in Victorian streams). [/QUOTE]
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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Locations to pan from SE burbs of Melbourne.
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