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Welcome stranger, wldn't believe it etc nuggets y are they not in reef
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<blockquote data-quote="UnderEmployedGeo" data-source="post: 590802" data-attributes="member: 20002"><p>It is true that some gold accumulations in some quartz veins is huge - like large enough to create huge nuggets if it were to fall out through weathering. There were old mines in places like southern cross and kambalda that regularly had to post armed guards at the operating faces to guard the gold in the walls - that's how rich it got when it went bonanza grade - you could have hooked out an ounce or two with your hands and chucked it in your pocket probably - nice little bonus!</p><p></p><p>There is also the theory that some of these nuggets found in elluvial situations - eg in Victoria on hillsides - actually form in the weathered profile through accumulation of gold particles (like hundreds of tiny nuggets coming together in a pool due to gravity) and also through chemical leaching. The dirty secret is that there is probably more than one way and trust me this stuff gets people animated at geological conferences. I have seen evidence of gold crystal formation in the soil profile in these reports - not all nuggets are just weathered crystals, some might have actually formed in place (which is a freaky idea really).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="UnderEmployedGeo, post: 590802, member: 20002"] It is true that some gold accumulations in some quartz veins is huge - like large enough to create huge nuggets if it were to fall out through weathering. There were old mines in places like southern cross and kambalda that regularly had to post armed guards at the operating faces to guard the gold in the walls - that's how rich it got when it went bonanza grade - you could have hooked out an ounce or two with your hands and chucked it in your pocket probably - nice little bonus! There is also the theory that some of these nuggets found in elluvial situations - eg in Victoria on hillsides - actually form in the weathered profile through accumulation of gold particles (like hundreds of tiny nuggets coming together in a pool due to gravity) and also through chemical leaching. The dirty secret is that there is probably more than one way and trust me this stuff gets people animated at geological conferences. I have seen evidence of gold crystal formation in the soil profile in these reports - not all nuggets are just weathered crystals, some might have actually formed in place (which is a freaky idea really). [/QUOTE]
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Hard Rock Gold Prospecting
Welcome stranger, wldn't believe it etc nuggets y are they not in reef
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