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Nuggets forming 'in situ'
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<blockquote data-quote="loamer" data-source="post: 142580" data-attributes="member: 981"><p>cheers HHD - the map in the original is OKish, pretty broad though. Hope your research is going OK. Somewhere in the deep recesses of the internet is an old document on the list of nuggets in Vic, at what depth and where. very good read and a good guide. really puts into perspective that the some of the bigger nuggets were deemed as shallow but are still out of detecting range - usually anything right up to 6 feet deep was deemed as 'shallow'. also explains that some nuggets get caught/trapped in hard red clay layers as opposed to hitting bedrock which is generally considered the norm. the whole big nugget theory still gets thrown into chaos when you consider big GT nuggets compared to the big Ballarat nuggets. GT - usually 'shallow'- Ballarat - 'deep'.</p><p></p><p>Examples around Dunolly:</p><p></p><p>Goldsborough - Nuggety Gully. 73 oz at 3 feet. 70 and 60 oz at 4 feet. 204 oz at 3 feet</p><p>Old Lead - 440 oz at 5 feet. 324 oz at 40 feet.</p><p>Wanyarra - 82oz at 14 feet</p><p></p><p>the list goes on. I have spent ages plotting nuggets onto maps. does my head in at times.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="loamer, post: 142580, member: 981"] cheers HHD - the map in the original is OKish, pretty broad though. Hope your research is going OK. Somewhere in the deep recesses of the internet is an old document on the list of nuggets in Vic, at what depth and where. very good read and a good guide. really puts into perspective that the some of the bigger nuggets were deemed as shallow but are still out of detecting range - usually anything right up to 6 feet deep was deemed as 'shallow'. also explains that some nuggets get caught/trapped in hard red clay layers as opposed to hitting bedrock which is generally considered the norm. the whole big nugget theory still gets thrown into chaos when you consider big GT nuggets compared to the big Ballarat nuggets. GT - usually 'shallow'- Ballarat - 'deep'. Examples around Dunolly: Goldsborough - Nuggety Gully. 73 oz at 3 feet. 70 and 60 oz at 4 feet. 204 oz at 3 feet Old Lead - 440 oz at 5 feet. 324 oz at 40 feet. Wanyarra - 82oz at 14 feet the list goes on. I have spent ages plotting nuggets onto maps. does my head in at times. [/QUOTE]
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