Mar 18 • Geology & Learning 📚
Wednesday – Educational Post 📚🎓 Topic: How Gold Forms & Where to Find It
Most people think gold just “shows up” in rivers… but there’s a whole process behind it 👇
Gold actually forms deep underground through hydrothermal activity. Hot fluids move through cracks in rock and deposit gold into veins—usually in quartz.
Over time, weathering breaks these veins apart, and gold gets released into the environment.
That’s how placer gold is created 👇
• Gold travels downhill
• Water moves it into creeks and rivers
• Because gold is heavy, it settles in low-pressure zones
Where to look:
✔ Behind big rocks in rivers
✔ Inside cracks in bedrock
✔ On inside bends of streams
✔ In black sand deposits
Pro Tip:
If you find black sand, slow down—gold is often right there with it.
This applies anywhere in the world, not just here in BC.
💬 Question for the community:
Have you ever found gold in one of these spots? Or where’s your best location?
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Wednesday – Educational Post 📚🎓 Topic: How Gold Forms & Where to Find It
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