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Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant (2013)

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Re: Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant (2013)

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Then Japan should be a a major gold producer, but is not.

I 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/202....

Re: Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant (2013)

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post #5

Then Japan should be a a major gold producer, but is not.

Lots 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.

Re: Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant (2013)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep you need a neutron star or black hole collision I think to make the initial gold from more basic “elements” :-)

Seems like a lot of work. What if I just make boron instead? Everyone likes boron.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghD5SHuR9mk

Re: Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant (2013)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep you need a neutron star or black hole collision I think to make the initial gold from more basic “elements” :-)

Seems like a lot of work. What if I just make boron instead? Everyone likes boron.

I thought a boron was the particle corresponding to the tedium field.

Re: Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant (2013)

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The 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

Yep you need a neutron star or black hole collision I think to make the initial gold from more basic “elements” :-)

Or a particle accelerator, some bismuth, and low expectations of quantities.

Re: Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant (2013)

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post #5

Then Japan should be a a major gold producer, but is not.

Lots 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.

"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.

Re: Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant (2013)

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We 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?

Re: Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant (2013)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Lots 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.

"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.

Tell 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.

Re: Earthquakes make gold veins in an instant (2013)

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep you need a neutron star or black hole collision I think to make the initial gold from more basic “elements” :-)

Seems like a lot of work. What if I just make boron instead? Everyone likes boron.

its the name. boron sounds like a combination of boring and moron. who wants boron?
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