This paper further expounds on this alternative theory of the origin of California placer gold is available here.
This paper further expounds on this alternative theory of the origin of California placer gold is available here.
Log from the auriferous gravels in the Sierra Nevada foothills finally makes it. What a job! Don’t miss the video and specimen description.
Gold Nuggets—Evidence of Past Climates and Former Landscapes by Odin Christensen presents a plausible explanation for the rich concentrations of coarse placer gold in California’s Early Tertiary auriferous rivers which largely drained a region of Nevada with a dearth of lode gold deposits.
Now posted in References. here
This research document is now posted in References section here.
This research document is posted in the References collection.
This research document by Warren Yeend is now posted in the References section
Document by Garside, et. al., 2005 is now posted
A new unpublished document by Howard Schorn is now posted view here
This document is now available in the References Section. It is Part B of the Guidebook for the Fieldtrip conducted for the 1995 Association of Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting in Sacramento CA.