The Hunan deposit is notable for its intricate network of 40 gold veins, described by experts as “fine golden threads” that snake through ancient rock formations. Initially estimated to ...

Assay results from soil and rock chip samples collected from the Muddy Creek prospect, with a high of 128.5 g/t Au, have ...

This process could explain why large gold nuggets are so often associated with quartz veins found in tectonically active areas or even rocks shattered by earthquakes. “In essence, the quartz ...

After driving for 20 minutes inside the mine, the dark gray rock face with white-striped veins emerged at the frontline excavation zone. The white bands are where the gold exists. A miner busy ...

"These rocks, dating back to the Early Jurassic period ... acting like the acid in souring milk and eventually forming gold veins," said lead author Duncan McLeish, a Postdoctoral Research ...

On the surface, it is concentrated in volcanic or magmatic rocks. But how that gold is ... hydrothermal fluids further concentrate the gold in veins and clusters, forming a deposit that can ...

The rocks were otherwise made of quartz ... The company had targeted the gold vein, located 500m (1,600ft) underground, after finding traces of gold closer to the surface in June.

The presence of calcite veins with alteration halos signifies pathways of hydrothermal fluid flow through the host limestone ...