gold in volcanos

[NJnuggetpirate]

can you find gold in nonactive volcanos too right bc isnt heat and water two things that actual make gold right?

 

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[Jason in Enid]

No, you are incorrect. There may be nano gold in the lava, but you could never see it, and the cost to extract would be far too high. Gold requires a lot of specific things for it to form into anything big enough or concentrated enough to find.

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

thanks for the correction but what about diamond or geodes

 

[419GottaMinute]

Not in volcanoes, but in areas near volcanoes. A lot of gold in northern California is found in contact zones, area where the composition of the geologic formations alter drastically. These zones have the correct formula for the nano-particle sized gold to begin precipitating out of the super heated solution (the little gold clumps together to form bigger and bigger pieces).

The problem is it takes millions of years worth of erosion to bring these deposits any where near the surface. Thid is why I am a placer prospector, I prefer to let gravity do the heavy lifting and gather the gold in one spot for me to come get

 

[NJnuggetpirate]

thanks for the info