The Volcano Which Erupts Solid Gold; Mount Erebus
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Күн бұрынWithin remote Antarctica is a volcano that erupts solid gold. Every day, the towering Mount Erebus stratovolcano ejects several ounces of metallic gold through many millions of tiny elemental gold particles. Although this sounds like a story told in legends, it is completely true. This video will discuss how Mount Erebus erupts molten gold and discuss the feasibility of a mining operation near its summit.
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Thumbnail Photo Credit: Game McGimsey, AVO/USGS
0:00 "Gold" at the Masaya Volcano
0:35 Gold at Mount Erebus
1:26 How Gold Deposits Form
2:04 Gold at Galeras
2:15 How Gold Forms at Erebus
3:20 Feasibility of a Mining Operation
Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google
Citations:
[1] TY - JOUR
AU - Meeker, Kimberly A.
AU - Chuan, Ray L.
AU - Kyle, Philip R.
AU - Palais, Julie M.
TI - Emission of elemental gold particles from Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica
JO - Geophysical Research Letters
JA - Geophys. Res. Lett.
VL - 18
IS - 8
SN - 0094-8276
UR - doi.org/10.1029/91GL01928
DO - doi.org/10.1029/91GL01928
SP - 1405
EP - 1408
PY - 1991
@GeologyHub 2 жыл бұрын
Mount Erebus is one of a number of volcanoes which actively produces gold during its eruptive activity. However, it is the only volcano which produces solid gold particles instead of the material being disseminated or occurring in a gas/liquid form.
@jackflackk3153 2 жыл бұрын
A volcano does not produce gold but only displaces previously created gold.
@eddie5z518 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, I think we understand that.
@outlawbillionairez9780 2 жыл бұрын
I've tried to find out if gold can be created by any processes on Earth. Haven't gotten any answers.
@Horus2Osiris 2 жыл бұрын
@@outlawbillionairez9780 think, colloid. Now charge your 'net' to attract the ions in the 'solution' you desire... go test it, oceans of colloidal potential... quite literally. Get crazy, sort all the minerals out, sell those too, and then sell the desalinated water to California... billionaire by 2028...
@MrZics 2 жыл бұрын
how much gold is estimated to be on Mount Erebus?
@curtisnixon5313 2 жыл бұрын
Fascinating. In New Zealand Mt Erebus will always be remembered as the place where 257 people died when their plane crashed in 1979. They were on an Air New Zealand sight-seeing flight.
@michaeljacques7336 2 жыл бұрын
One of my collage professors was banned from Antarctica for stealing a snow cat from the McMurdo station, driving it to the base of Erebus and then solo climbing the mountain. This all happened while he was supposed to be working a shift at the field station. I guess it a pretty famous story among people who have work down there.
@sixthsenseamelia4695 2 жыл бұрын
People go abit nuts after months of cabin fever in Antarctica.
@gregalbert4033 2 жыл бұрын
That and a CB that stole a SkiDoo (while drunk) and rode it as far up the mountain as he could before it died (it had the low altitude fuel injectors, not the high altitude ones)... But he did have the foresight to bring his camera...and he did take pictures to prove it...
@timothyandrewnielsen 2 жыл бұрын
Good man
@stephenrickstrew7237 2 жыл бұрын
A Lava Lake in Antarctica …with Gold ..?
@TripleDouble69 2 жыл бұрын
I just came to see if you uploaded yesterday and find this too. Love to see it
@gregorydiggs9227 2 жыл бұрын
Your knowledge of geology and rock composition is extensive and very impressive. This field has always interested me. I wish I had made better choices as a young man and followed your path. I thoroughly enjoy your videos and find them very detailed and spot on. Keep up the great work that you do. Your channel has really reignited my passion in this field to the point that my 50 year old self is thinking of furthering my education level. Thank you
@GeologyHub 2 жыл бұрын
I’m glad that I have inspired something in you. Do know that the field could always use more people. Also, if you are already retired, picking up a hobby such as prospecting for good/gemstones, field mapping, and paleontology are always fun
@outlawbillionairez9780 2 жыл бұрын
He used to do some gem and mineral stuff, but I guess that's not as popular. I wish I'd learned more when I was young. At 70, I'm more interested than ever!
@iygikygii1999 2 жыл бұрын
nice
@ajl2232 2 жыл бұрын
You should go for it. It's never too late to learn.
@edshiner9863 2 жыл бұрын
Without the drama of other channels, my understanding grows tenfold. My gratitiude to you.
@kukulroukul4698 2 жыл бұрын
but IT IS a drama ! :(
@itrthho 2 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to the future reality TV show “ Gold Rush: Antarctica”
@cyankirkpatrick5194 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah they're make a reality show out of anything nowadays 😅
@rubygrooms137 2 жыл бұрын
Ikr....
@gaylescovel7308 2 жыл бұрын
🤣, boy aint that the trueth!
@sixthsenseamelia4695 2 жыл бұрын
A show where contestants genitals freeze & fall off. Now that's a reality show I'd actually look forward to watching 😂
@gaylescovel7308 2 жыл бұрын
@@sixthsenseamelia4695 , ouch! Not for me it wouldnt, lol. I dont like seeing another suffer, 😑. Unless its a pedo/pervert, just saying.
@Iamthelolrus 2 жыл бұрын
Great video, I love the little trivia type facts you put in, thanks for that little extra you put into every video.
@amoose8439 2 жыл бұрын
That's so cool. Imagine what extraterrestrial volcanos can do.
@jonesy66691 2 жыл бұрын
Solid diamond.
@MrZics 2 жыл бұрын
Mining a volcano on Mars is a prospectors wet dream
@1.4142 2 жыл бұрын
Asteroid mining
@kukulroukul4698 2 жыл бұрын
imagine what a Supernova explosion can bring :)
@matthewbooth9265 2 жыл бұрын
get stranded on earth and have to phone home after being caught dressing in drag?
@Tropicalbliss45 2 жыл бұрын
Ohh wow! Amazing. I am from a volcanic island in the Caribbean so this fascinated me.
@Btown2294 2 жыл бұрын
I was almost completely indifferent to geology until I found your channel, and with your videos I’ve developed a significant interest! Thank you for making a seemingly mundane topic interesting for people like me. Im from Michigan, and I’m fascinated by the geology of the Great Lakes, and especially of Jasper Knob, a jasper/hematite formation in Ishpeming, MI. If you’re interested, I’d love to hear your analysis on those subjects!
@Argentum4761 2 жыл бұрын
The combination of geology and precious metals is quite exciting. Love videos like this
@416dl 2 жыл бұрын
Nice. I've lived in McMurdo for a couple of seasons back in the 80s...even have a sample of a lava bomb in which are embedded little crystals which happen to be golden, though I'm pretty sure they're not metallic gold but anothoclase feldspar, known locally as Erebus crystals...they're gold or brassy in color before being degraded by exposure and the sample I have was freshly pulled from a pumice bomb...though who knows...maybe they're coated in gold....they are pretty neat.
@mothratemporalradio517 2 жыл бұрын
cool!
@dananorth895 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe iron pyite? Incidentally iron pyrite is associated with gold if there's any present the pyrite forms crystals prematurely. Resulting in very small instead of large crystals. The gold is extremely small and diffuse and only recently has a process for it's recovery been discovered.
@dananorth895 2 жыл бұрын
Incidentaly during the planets moltan stage all elements were mixed and spread throughout its mass and core ( heavy elements, although center of earth is gravatationally weightless). Only later during cooling asteroid/comet bombardment deposited elements which formed earths crust. All the good stuff we look for and mine would not be present otherwise. Even then it's reformed/redeposited by geological processes.
@416dl 2 жыл бұрын
@@dananorth895 . Thanks Dana. Appreciate the insights, particularly about gold. I work guiding tours in Skagway AK where the Klondike Gold Rush's Chilkoot Trail is commemorated and the topic is always one that visitors enjoy. Cheers.
@frotoe9289 2 жыл бұрын
I believe the wrong units were used to convert 80g to ounces. Gold is measured in TROY ounces. 80g = 2.82 (normal, aka avoirdupois) ounces, but 2.57 troy ounces. Sorry, you have almost $500 less than you thought.
@kennethblain610 2 жыл бұрын
So glad I found your channel. Your videos are truly fascinating and informative. When I was a kid I wanted to be a geologist but now I am a machinist. Been collecting rocks since I was five years old. My family and friends say I have rocks in my head and they may be right.
@GeologyHub 2 жыл бұрын
For me geology began as a hobby when I was 10 and living in Australia, collecting rocks. Found a nice tourmaline Pegmatite
@divegabe 2 жыл бұрын
I'm going to Antartica with a sieve and a very long stick!
@rhuephus 2 жыл бұрын
yeah . by the time you first use your sieve to filter the magma, it won't last long
@gaylescovel7308 2 жыл бұрын
🤣, that was a good one!
@670HP-Package-NOW 2 жыл бұрын
Our planet is so fascinating
@goyoelburro 2 жыл бұрын
I not only enjoy the content, but your voice is very calming. I appreciate it as it makes it easy to listen to and absorb the info!
@Mussoi7000 2 жыл бұрын
i remember seeing something similar on an overly sarcastic productions video, something about the aztecs having a lake filled with gold due to sacrifices/offerings or something like that edit: yep, it's on their el dorado video
@dominusetdeus060644 2 жыл бұрын
What a wonderful channel you have
@scrappydoo7887 2 жыл бұрын
Well that is truly fascinating 👍 excellent upload. I would never have thought that was possible. Thanks for another interesting video
@StuffandThings_ 2 жыл бұрын
I would honestly love a video on some of the massive, impressive, and strange mineral deposits amongst the ancient cratonic rocks of West Australia. There's quite a lot of abundant native gold there in impressive quantities too, among other things.
@michelebushnik2874 2 жыл бұрын
Wow this was so intetesting! Thank you for sharing!
@italianlifestyle7911 2 жыл бұрын
Wow.. mighty impressive!💛
@user-us6ce7me8k 2 жыл бұрын
Sure is
@SplatsCentral 2 жыл бұрын
I live on Rarotonga in the Cook Islands (tropical South Pacific). It used to be volcanic. There are lava tubes in the reef which are popular for divers. I would love to see one of your vids on that.
@santyclause8034 2 жыл бұрын
Call me when you find Kimberlite.
@CWO3-uscg 2 жыл бұрын
I was US COAST GUARD for 24 years and stood at the foot of Erebus on 3 separate occasions. 1978, 1986 and 1987. It was an experience that I won’t forget. Thank you for taking my suggestion for this mountain.
@gamingwithlacks 2 жыл бұрын
I let out a very loud "WOW!" when you mentioned it produced around 80 grams of gold per day. That is an insane amount of gold when you consider how rare it is.
@sixthsenseamelia4695 2 жыл бұрын
Gold rush! Let's mine the Antarctic!
@gaylescovel7308 2 жыл бұрын
I bet thats exactly whats going on beings there's several countries that have military/scientific bases there.
@DarkMoonDroid 2 жыл бұрын
I don't think gold is really that rare...
@dananorth895 2 жыл бұрын
Thats from the lake. There are probably (boardering on absolute certainty) much larger deposits/veins in the surrounding hydrothermal deposits surrounding the mountain for hundreds of miles although at significant depth. You don't have to go to Antarctica as deposits have been found all over the world associated with volcanoes. Most success is with those that have been "dead" thousands and millions of years. Don't play with the hot ones.
@SocialDownclimber 2 жыл бұрын
@@DarkMoonDroid All the gold ever mined by humans would fit into a 22 metre cube. Its pretty rare.
@brucesmith9144 2 жыл бұрын
One thing Mt. Erebus is known for, unfortunately, was a tragic CFIT accident of an Air New Zealand DC-10 passenger aircraft during a scenic tour of Antarctica in 1979.
@KillberZomL4D42494 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great information my good Sir, I now know where my next adventure would be.
@roberthayward9299 2 жыл бұрын
I do enjoy your videos. Thanks for posting them. Your image of "chalcopyrite" is predominately the mineral bornite although some chalcopyrite may be present too.
@oneshotme 2 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up for support
@metatechnologist 2 жыл бұрын
So my guess is that when active erosion takes place it washes all the gold particles down a run and eventually concentrates them and turns them into nuggets over the eons. So at least we've explained where it comes from in the enviroment!!
@ChronitonMechanics 2 жыл бұрын
Saunders island in the south sandwich arc is the only lava lake I wasnt aware of its existence. I would really love to see a video on some remote volcanos in antarctica or around like this one...but I guess the photos and datas would be quite scarce.
@a2bs333 2 жыл бұрын
I'm gonna make a documentary about these monumental phenomenons.
@funnyperson4027 2 жыл бұрын
Can you do mount takahe in Antarctic? There’s a lot of conflicting information on its most recent eruption and was wondering what you could say about it. Thank you!
@gaylescovel7308 2 жыл бұрын
What? There's another volcano there? Is it recent?
@sixthsenseamelia4695 2 жыл бұрын
@@gaylescovel7308 There's aprox 30+ volcanos in the Antarctic region. Because of the environment, not as much is known about them.
@gaylescovel7308 2 жыл бұрын
@@sixthsenseamelia4695 , well for goodness sakes! Might explain why bases arent central around erebus. I did notice that. Thanx for shareing❣
@sixthsenseamelia4695 2 жыл бұрын
@@gaylescovel7308 Antarctica also has the largest desert in the world - not the Sahara. Isn't that amazing!
@gaylescovel7308 2 жыл бұрын
@@sixthsenseamelia4695 what? A desert? Like under the ice or the fact that nothing grows in the respective region?
@MyEarthEcoNut 2 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, thank you!
@sjwhitney 2 жыл бұрын
Interesting fact: I just happen to have a chunk of Mt. Erebus lave on my bookshelf. It used to belong to my father who obtained it when he was in the US Navy and took part in "Operation Deepfreeze I" (early 1950's) to the Antarctic. He brought the lump home with him from there.
@EarthCentral 2 жыл бұрын
Next Gold Rush in Antarctica incoming
@MrSCOTTtheSCOT 2 жыл бұрын
Very rich in resources, that's why so many nations claimed stakes with "research stations" one day there will be reason to start stripping Antarctica and in that future natural beauty will be a lost concept to the controlling over government of Earth. Same goes for the stripping of the abyssal ocean floors with UMV.
@markusmuller6173 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for mentioning ! :) :)
@madsotzenandreasen7145 2 жыл бұрын
Hi. Just wondering where do you get your pictures of land uplift. I can't seem to find any useful data anywhere. Love the videos.
@hypercomms2001 2 жыл бұрын
I am impressed that you have been to Sovereign Hill in Ballarat... one of my favourite places in Ballarat....
@wildwestadventures3583 2 жыл бұрын
Really fascinating!
@MartsEntertainment 2 жыл бұрын
Great channel. Geology is phenomenal. I would love to learn more about how the “Wave” in Coyote Butte Park I believe it is in Utah was formed. Those sandstone designs are gorgeous. It would also be awesome to learn about those colorful mountains in China, and I would love to learn more about the various geology formations throughout Arizona beneath the Mogollon, thank you!!
@roberttiffany9208 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks great coverage 👍
@rebeccaweil1 2 жыл бұрын
That’s so cool
@deborahferguson1163 2 жыл бұрын
Another fascinating video on our amazing earth!!!!
@snydedon9636 2 жыл бұрын
I didn’t know that there was a peaceful time in a volcanic eruption.🤔
@guillandanthony711 2 жыл бұрын
Could you please discuss the Richat Structure. I‘ve been fascinated by this beauty since a few years now.
@ubermachtthemechanic007 2 жыл бұрын
Love the content! Now I just have to talk my wife into a "vacation" to Antarctica!!!
@Dranzerk8908 2 жыл бұрын
Is this volcano monitors extensively or visited often by people? I would think with the amount of snow/ice/glacier around it, could create huge lahars if lava lake drains?
@Eric_Hutton.1980 2 жыл бұрын
Late November 1978/79 Air New Zealand Flight 901 crashed into Mount Erebus.
@rubygrooms137 2 жыл бұрын
I want one of those keepsake things you showed at the end of the video...how to get one?
@richardlilley6274 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@AtarahDerek 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine getting gold ash in your lungs. At least you'd be able to pay your medical bills by coughing.
@rhuephus 2 жыл бұрын
don't know if there is such a thing as "gold ash" ...
@AtarahDerek 2 жыл бұрын
@@rhuephus The video just described it. Any rock can be turned into ash. You simply have to get the particles so fine that they can be easily lofted.
@nhragold1922 2 жыл бұрын
Excellent video! I hope you don't take all the rude comments of KZfaq geologists to heart. Most understand what is being said!
@Jelleasy 2 жыл бұрын
Very cool.
@PilgrimBangs 2 жыл бұрын
Mt Erebus is also the reason that the "hole" in the ozone over Antarctica forms. Never had anything to do with CFCs by mankind.
@craigthescott5074 2 жыл бұрын
Now that makes sense.
@frenchysandi 2 жыл бұрын
So fascinating.
@StuffandThings_ 2 жыл бұрын
I find Mt Erebus to be a fascinating and underrated volcano, along with Nyiragongo and perhaps even Kilimanjaro. Makes you wonder if deep within the volcano there are mindblowing deposits of crystalline gold along fissures or hydrothermal veins. If there were geologists studying the site tens of millions of years in the future, I'd imagine they'd be quite enthralled and perplexed at the evidence left behind.
@hypercomms2001 Жыл бұрын
Does the presence of gold in and around Ballarat, Victoria, Australia relate to the former volcanic activity in the area previously? What about around Bendigo, Victoria, Australia?
@mistysowards7365 2 жыл бұрын
Wow... very interesting
@petermaxfield7343 11 ай бұрын
So, are gold mines typically found near volcanoes and/or fault lines? Does this help explain the gold rushes in Alaska and California?
@teresacullen5687 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing 🧐💜💫🧡💫💛
@DanielBerke 2 жыл бұрын
That's pretty neat, I hadn't heard that conquistador story before. I'd assume such a thing would be impossible given how much more dense gold is than rock; any large amounts of molten gold would sink back into the depths rather than float, right?
@stephenhammond6962 2 жыл бұрын
Hello, from Hunmanby, North Yorkshire, England 👌
@bouteilledeau1463 2 жыл бұрын
Volcanoes erupting phonolite are already very rare themselves, but that this one erupts solid gold...
@cathypercy8791 2 жыл бұрын
Your the best thankyou nz vocanos ❤️👀🌎
@deanlawson6880 2 жыл бұрын
Wow! $2Mil/Yr of pure gold coming out of a volcano could support a pretty good gold mining operation.. But.. Antarctica.. So.. damn...
@gaylescovel7308 2 жыл бұрын
Might be why there several military/scientific bases there. Trying to figure out how to extract.
@MartintheTinman 2 жыл бұрын
I like your Sovereign Hill souvenir
@for.tax.reasons 2 жыл бұрын
Genuinely can't tell if this is an April fool's video or not😭😭😭
@gaylescovel7308 2 жыл бұрын
Its real. There are military/scientific bases there. And no visitors allowed too.
@nicolasnicolas3889 2 жыл бұрын
That 's a handy location, God certainly does have a sense of humor!!! ;D
@MaryAnnNytowl 2 жыл бұрын
They'll eventually figure out how to mine it, I'm sure, at that level of deposition of gold! Thanks for the interesting information!
@danielscott7728 2 жыл бұрын
ok my question is. Is Taum Sauk still an active volcano and when was its last eruption
@erinmcdonald7781 2 жыл бұрын
Imagine if someone had pointed the conquistadors in the direction of Mt Erebus! Thank you, again, for an amazing snap shot of a unique volcano. Too many favorites, now! ✌️😎
@rhuephus 2 жыл бұрын
ha ha if that "someone" knew there was gold at Mt. Erebus, he sure ain't telling the genocidal conquistadors
@WitmanClan 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 🙏 🌋 🙏
@than217 2 жыл бұрын
Just imagining 16th century Conquistadors landing in Antarctica 2022 and roughing up McMurdo scientists.
@sjdtmv 2 жыл бұрын
The Mount Erebus disaster occurred on 28 November 1979 when Air New Zealand Flight 901 flew into Mount Erebus killing all 237 passengers and 20 crew on board
@robgoudie 2 жыл бұрын
How does gold deposition on Erebus compare with that documented in the Galeras volcano in the Colombian Andes back in 1993? The annual deposition rate there was estimated at around 20kg on to rocks within the crater, with a claimed venting - at the time of analysis - of around half a kilogram of gold per day. Haven't seen a corroboration of these numbers or follow up. Could Galeras be in competition with Erebus as it were?
@ElonMuckX 2 жыл бұрын
Can you discuss Kimberlite (I think that is how it’s spelled)?
@southerneruk 2 жыл бұрын
Erebus is not the only place you can find gold in Antarctica, there are a number of other places also
@hardrockminer-50 2 ай бұрын
64.4 lbs of Au is about 770 troy ounces. We once recovered that amount from 3 gunny sacks of rock sorted out of 1 blast of about 4 feet by 4 feet by 4 feet or about 5 tons.
@dudebro8273 2 жыл бұрын
interesting video
@joshuajackson6442 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you
@LuizFelipe-lk1hs 9 ай бұрын
0:20 what did they find though?
@ecurewitz 2 жыл бұрын
Gold! There’s gold in them thar volcanoes. Well, just one volcano. In Antarctica.
@gaylescovel7308 2 жыл бұрын
Apparently there's another now. If you read further up/newer comments someone called it Takahe.
@ecurewitz 2 жыл бұрын
@@gaylescovel7308 cool!
@gaylescovel7308 2 жыл бұрын
@@ecurewitz , wowzers! I got told there are 30 in antartica. 👀 i did notice that military/scientific bases were not centralized in one location but sort of scattered around the edge of the continent.
@nunyabisnass1141 2 жыл бұрын
I alwas wondered how gold nuggets were created but suspected a geothermal process. This was great info.
@johnyoung1128 2 жыл бұрын
A little bit of free advertising for Sovereign Hill theme park, I haven’t been there since I was in school!
@evillyn7895 2 жыл бұрын
That was very informative and interesting as well. I suspect that the one who developes a method to mine these minerals safely will have a enormous head start when space mining becomes a thing.
@GeologyHub 2 жыл бұрын
Probably a theoretical operation would involve acid leaching; maybe with bacteria. In my opinion it’s not feasible simply because equipment would get destroyed by lava bombs and superheated ash. As for asteroid mining a number of methods would work well :)
@sixthsenseamelia4695 2 жыл бұрын
Just what the planet needs. As if humans aren't feckless enough already, let's get off the planet & mine the crap out of everything for money.
@missymoonwillow6545 2 жыл бұрын
Oh this is helpful! Prayers for golden showers! We could all use a little extra pocket change.
@jayjaynella4539 2 жыл бұрын
All that is, Erebus gold, Antarctic tea!!! Next thing you know old Jeb's a millionaire.
@gaylescovel7308 2 жыл бұрын
🤣
@rkb6783 2 жыл бұрын
That was a Golden Quickie. Longer videos... Would help your channel and life !
@ThatOpalGuy Жыл бұрын
gold would eventually make its way down the mountain. would panning the area nearest the ocean yield much gold?
@peekaboo1069 2 жыл бұрын
Maybe this volcano is the reason the hole in the ozone above Antarctica has decreased in size. The gold particles being ejected out of Erebus into the atmosphere are light and will take time to fall back to earth. This could be an example of how the Earth heals itself. Interesting thought anyway. 🤔🧐
@gregalbert4033 2 жыл бұрын
Yeah...they told us not to even THINK about leaving town to go up there...but I did get to take one pass in a helo over the summit/lava lake before I left the ice...it was a magnificent sight to behold. OPERATION DEEP FREEZE 36th Winter-Over Crew
@shexdensmore 2 жыл бұрын
Not to mention the international treaty that where the mining or natural resources gathering for a commercial purpose is prohibited.
@pablodiablo765 2 жыл бұрын
Too dangerous for humans to mine. But robots...
@kukulroukul4698 2 жыл бұрын
robots doesnt have such DESIRES :(
@jebise1126 2 жыл бұрын
oh i was reading elbrus and was all confused... wait erebus isnt that lonely mountain from hobbit? hahahaha
@fynetuneyrgf 2 жыл бұрын
Being in Antarctica wouldn’t it be off limits to any mining to begin with due to treaty?
@Snowwie88 2 жыл бұрын
Is that even possible Gold particles are present in magma? Normal wise gold is too heavy, as an element, to stay present in a liquid, even though magma can be pretty viscous. It would sink lower and lower as long the magma chamber stays put over the centuries and eons, so how could a volcano then spew gold particles? Find gold near tectonic plates is more likely, because there it could became trapped, and when those plates collides they form mountains and the gold is going up with it.
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