How is Gold formed in the Earth. Where can I find Gold in large quantities?

Question

Is the Yukon a one big gold mine?

Answer 1

Astronomers now suggest that the heaviest elements such as gold, platinum, and palladium may have been formed in the early universe as a result of neutron star collisions. These neutron-rich explosions caused by the spiraling together of neutron stars were the most powerful explosions in the universe, and probably accounted for the formation of the neutron-rich heavy elements such as gold.

Alluvial or placer gold is gold that is found ‘loose’ on this planet, usually in the form of pieces as fine as flour up to nuggets weighing a few grams or, very rarely, up to a few pounds. This is raw, native gold that was long ago loosened from the ore which once contained it, usually by the action of wind and water. Placer gold has been our traditional source of gold over the millennia. Deep mining, which is responsible for South Africa’s vast gold production today, wasn’t started until the late 1800’s.

Placer gold is often found in streambeds, both flowing and dry. Its rounded shapes are the products of thousands or millions of years of weathering. Most placer gold as it comes from the ground is 70% to 95% pure gold, depending on where its found.

As far as finding gold in bulk you can go to fort knox but I think that gold is already taken.

Answer 2

Gold is an element, so it was formed at the beginning of the universe, just like all other elements. Gold reaches the surface of the Earth through cracks in bedrock, where superheated water contains dissolved gold. As the water cools down, the gold precipitates out of solution and forms veins in the rocks.

All known places that have large quantities of gold have already been mined, so the only way to get large quantities of gold nowadays is to get lucky and find a place that everyone missed, or to process huge volumes of rock to extract tiny amounts of gold. The Yukon had a lot of gold deposits concentrated in streams and in some veins, but it has all been mined and the majority of the territory does not have appreciable amounts of gold.

Answer 3

Gold is not formed within the earth. It is formed in stars and spread through out the universe when the star goes super nova. If i knew where to find large quantities of gold i would be a very rich cat by now. Millions if not billions of dollars are spent on gold exploration, often without results. Most gold these days is recovered by Cyanide leaching which enables you to recover small quantities of gold from relatively poor quality ore (less than 2% gold). There are some native gold deposits still around but these are getting rarer as the easily mined stuff is removed first and later leaching methods are used to recover anything else that can get.
If you are looking for large quantities of gold try Fort Knox But I don't think you'll get any though.

Answer 4

Gold is formed as the result of molten rock, called magma, being intruded into solid rock. As the magma cools and solidifies, water and other volatile substances separate out from the magma under high pressure. The high pressure of hot water and steam force open fissures in the surrounding solid rock, through which these hydrothermal solutions travel. When the hydrothermal solutions cool, deposition of material occurs, especially quartz in the form of quartz veins. Because gold has a relatively low melting temperature, it is sometimes carried by these hydrothermal solutions through the fissures in the rock and solidifies inside the quartz veins. Thus, the place to look for gold is usually in quartz veins near the intrusion of a magma body. One example is the so-called Mother Lode of the Sierra Nevada in California. If these quartz veins are eroded, the gold may be found in streams and rivers; this explains why the 49-ers of the last century were able to pan for gold in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada.

Answer 5

As the other's have said, gold is "formed" from stellar processes. Perhaps you mean, how is it "concentrated" in the Earth?
Well, many of Earth's crustal rocks contain trace amounts of gold. Volcanic and hydrothermal processes can dissolve gold and re-deposit it somewhere else, concentrating it such that there is enough of it on one spot for us to recover economically. Sometimes weathering and erosion processes can redistribute gold deposits and deposit them and streams, etc. These are called placer deposits and that's where you find gold nuggets.

There are very few, if any, places left on Earth where large concentrations of gold can be found easily (maybe some in Antarctica where no one has explored). Currently the world's leading producers of gold are South Africa, Australia, Russia, and the US (in the state of Nevada primarily).

Answer 6

if anyone really knew where to find gold in large quantities, they would keep it to themselves and live off the gold. good luck when found maybe you could help me and my church to get off the ground. I'm a disabled veteran in a veterans home who only wish to have a church. but I have no way for making money. anyone out there who knows someone who wishes to help me, would be very graeatful

Answer 7

gold is formed by the explosions of dying/collapsing stars

Answer 8

a jewlery store

Answer 9

i dont know