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2. Vein (geology) - Wikipedia

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   In situ gold-bearing vein (in brown) at the Toi gold mine, Japan. In many gold mines exploited during the gold rushes of the 19th century, vein material alone was typically sought as ore material. [8] In most of today's mines, ore material is primarily composed of the veins and some component of the wall rocks which surrounds the veins. [9]

3. Comstock Lode - Wikipedia

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   The gold from Gold Canyon came from quartz veins, toward the head of the vein, in the vicinity of where Silver City and Gold Hill now stand. As the miners worked their way up the stream, they founded the town of Johntown on a plateau. In 1857, the Johntown miners found gold in Six-Mile Canyon, which is about five miles (8 km) north of Gold Canyon.

4. North Star Mine and Powerhouse - Wikipedia

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   Gold on quartz, North Star Mine North Star sheeted veinlets, polished slab of granodiorite showing sheeted zone of carbonate veinlets. The North Star vein has an east and west course, with a dip of about twenty-three degrees to the north. This mine was opened by an incline shaft sunk on the course of the vein to a depth of nearly 700 feet (210 m).

5. Mother lode - Wikipedia

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   The zone contains hundreds of mines and prospects, including some of the best-known historic mines of the gold-rush era. Individual gold deposits within the Mother Lode are gold-bearing quartz veins up to 15 metres (49 ft) thick and a few thousand feet long. The California Mother Lode was one of the most productive gold-producing districts in ...

6. Quartz reef mining - Wikipedia

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   Quartz reef breaking the surface at Paynes Find, Western Australia. Quartz reef mining is a type of gold mining in "reefs" (veins [1]) of quartz.Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the Earth's crust, and most quartz veins do not carry gold, but those that have gold are avidly hunted by prospectors.

7. Jim Carrey Clarifies His Retirement Comments: It's 'More ...

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   Jim Carrey isn't swearing off acting for good.. The actor returns to the big screen in the new sequel Sonic the Hedgehog 3 after previously saying in 2022 that he was "being fairly serious" about ...