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Where Gold is Found:
Gold is found in small quantities nearly everywhere in the earth's crust> Miners can only profit when they locate it in sufficient concentrations, typically in one of two types of deposits: a lode or a placer deposit. Lode deposits consist of veins of gold that have formed in cracks in the earth. Placer deposits consist of loose gold that has accumulated in valleys, often amid the sand and gravel of riverbeds like that of the American River. In some cases, prospectors who arrived early in the California Gold Rush literally filled their pickets with such gold-bearing rocks and nuggets. |