Month: January 2026
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The fault valve model, part 1: how to make a lode gold deposit
Introduction This week I made another video with Unicorn Exploration where we talked about Archean lode gold deposits, and a little bit about how they formed. I wanted to dive in to part of the story in a lot more detail.The idea of faults as valves and its importance to mineralizing systems was first described…
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What kind of mineral deposits produce the most gold?
Recently I started working on a series of videos with Maura Kolb (Unicorn Exploration) about different kinds of gold deposits (check out the video on her channel). Right away we wanted to talk about, OK, what is the breakdown between deposit type and gold production? I thought that would be pretty easy to search for,…