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A dam good read

x-terra steve		Posted : Tuesday, 2 August 2011 6:53:32 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Medals: Groups: Registered Joined: 7/04/2010(UTC) Posts: 224 Location: Nelson NZ Thanks: 103 times Was thanked: 69 time(s) in 42 post(s)		Hi all, below is a link to a very good paper by R Rose. It looks at gold deposits on the West Coast around the ice age, covers glacial shift,tectonic uplift,sea level change etc. Great sketches to help get a handle on what,where and why, "Alluvial gold adjacent to glacial margins, West Coast, South Island, New Zealand " Rob Rose http://www.nzpam.govt.nz...ibrary/minerals/rose.pdf The writing of the paper was done as a project hosted by the West Coast Commercial Gold Miners Association. Cheers Steve

Maverick		Posted : Tuesday, 2 August 2011 8:42:02 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Nugget Groups: Registered Joined: 7/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 78 Location: ChCh Thanks: 2 times Was thanked: 9 time(s) in 9 post(s)		well done that man. appreciate that

oroplata		Posted : Tuesday, 2 August 2011 8:46:20 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered, Moderators Joined: 16/06/2011(UTC) Posts: 1,040 Location: Christchurch Thanks: 23 times Was thanked: 211 time(s) in 152 post(s)		Money quote: "There is still potential for the discovery of substantial placer deposits in this environment."
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1864hatter		Posted : Tuesday, 2 August 2011 8:47:04 PM(UTC)
Rank: Gold Ingot Groups: Registered Joined: 4/08/2010(UTC) Posts: 1,007 Location: Auckland.... Thanks: 49 times Was thanked: 566 time(s) in 269 post(s)		Cheers for that steve will have a look at that as soon as i can.
		And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!