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Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant (2013)
- 8bitsrule 3y agohttps://archive.ph/0w63T https://archive.ph/0w63T
- appplication 3y agoThat is interesting. I imagine the veins forming along a fault makes them much more difficult to safely mine
- panny 3y agoThen Japan should be a a major gold producer, but is not.
- uxp8u61q 3y ago[flagged]
- donall 3y agoI confess I laughed at this (you're good at the sarcastic takedown), but it's a bit mean-spirited and not really in keeping with the discussion guidelines. Belittling someone like this discourages dialogue and learning.
- GrumpyNl 3y agoThere has to be gold parts already in the water.
- vinnyvichy 3y agoI upvoted you because you are halfright. Japan always had the potential to be a gold exporter, but it seems the people and government (SPQJ?) have not been too much into it. https://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/202210/202210_01_en.html#:~:text=Following%20the%20production%20of%20gold,of%20gold%20in%20the%20world https://www.gov-online.go.jp/eng/publicity/book/hlj/html/202....
- justinzollars 3y agoLots of reasons to not be a producer of metals. If you find any material in California good luck - its more than a 25 year process to open a new mine, including payoffs to various politicians and an endless environmental review process.
- lightedman 3y ago"its more than a 25 year process to open a new mine" For massive lode and pit operations for major corporations, sure. I own four agate mines and one manganese minein the Mojave. It costs not much at all if you're a small miner.
- gwbrooks 3y agoTell me more -- please -- about opening an agate mine. I know the Mojave and know I love agates so I'm going out on a limb and saying I'm the man for the job.
- lightedman 3y agoIt isn't hard. Find a spot on BLM lands that has agates and isn't inside a non-allowed territory (National Monuments, Wilderness Preserves, someone else's claim area, etc.) Get your claim marker boundaries established, file a claim notice with the BLM (make sure to acquire township/range/section/subsection for the area you're trying to make a claim in otherwise you're going to have a hard time) pay your fees and wait for approval. I'd suggest filing a placer claim (surface finds no deeper than 18" below ground) as lode claims tend to need more remediation plans and obviously lots and lots of digging/hard rock mining (I have one lode claim and I'm going to let it expire, too much work.)
- CapricornNoble 3y agoI'd love to hear more about the small-scale mine ownership experience.
- lightedman 3y ago
- yieldcrv 3y agothe gold had to be in the hot water already in a dissolved state that ground needs to be near the surface and geological surveys are unreliable good luck prospectors! I either just saved you 5 minutes of your time or 5 decades of your life.
- Pulcinella 3y agoWe went all the way to magnitude –2,” Weatherley says — an earthquake so small, he adds, that it involves a slip of only about 130 micrometres along a mere 90 centimetres of the fault zone. “You still get a pressure drop of 50%,” he notes. Interesting. Is there a rough rule of thumb that translates magnitude into slip size and length?
- ChaseT 3y agoGot curious about this too, there's some graphs of the relationships on page 992 and 993 of this paper https://www.resolutionmineeis.us/sites/default/files/references/wells-coppersmith-1994.pdf https://www.resolutionmineeis.us/sites/default/files/referen...
- awinter-py 3y agowhy is this not a james bond plot
- ovih 3y agoThe veins are made in the process, thought the gold itself was already present in the water which was vaporized due to the pressure of earthquake
- quickthrower2 3y agoYep you need a neutron star or black hole collision I think to make the initial gold from more basic “elements” :-)
- NoMoreNicksLeft 3y agoSeems like a lot of work. What if I just make boron instead? Everyone likes boron.
- BLKNSLVR 3y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghD5SHuR9mk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghD5SHuR9mk
- denton-scratch 3y agoI thought a boron was the particle corresponding to the tedium field.
- LegitShady 3y agoits the name. boron sounds like a combination of boring and moron. who wants boron?
- sleeplessworld 3y agoNobody doesn't like molten boron! ;-)
- PhasmaFelis 3y agoAnd yet they made a whole movie about it, with Bruce Willis, Milla Jovovich, and Gary Oldman.
- black_13 3y ago[dead]