Gold Pebble from mining

[Biddas]

one time i got 1 piece of this gold from mining silver .....i wonder why are you asking about this ?

[_Gunnar]

In the real world gold and quartz are often correlated, I think...

[MagicManICT]

In the real world gold and quartz are often correlated, I think...

Gold can be found in a wide variety of rocks in trace amounts to actual veins. Quartz is one of the most common crystals, and occurs in a majority of rock beds, so that is pretty vague.

Older gold mines were dug in granite and other igneous rocks. Modern gold is extracted out of copper and silver mines. (Along with a few other trace precious metals.)

[AAlex]

That is indeed possible.

You should make gold mining more like this. I don't like the fact that it's possible to mine out 40 gold bars from a single node.

[_Gunnar]

In the real world gold and quartz are often correlated, I think...

Gold can be found in a wide variety of rocks in trace amounts to actual veins. Quartz is one of the most common crystals, and occurs in a majority of rock beds, so that is pretty vague.

Actually, there is a relationship between gold and quartz (and similar silica rocks)... It turns out that the quartz and gold tend to crystallize out of a water solution at roughly the same temperature, or something like that. Veins of goldbearing quartz often do occur in igneous rocks, and indeed quartz is a major component of granite... Most of the time the gold is concentrated around the veins of quartz within the other igneous rocks. I think they call it "quartz reef mining".

[MagicManICT]

It's been a while. A buddy of mine was trying to get me to move out to Montana with him. Not a lot of gold out there, but enough to make it worth your while as "hobby" while you primarily were logging and/or running a hunting lodge. I ended up reading a lot about gold formations and such. You can actually find a good bit out of sandstone and such in the right areas, but not worth crushing the rock down. (No idea if he ever made it out there. I lost track of him years ago.)

Anyway, yeah, gold should definitely be more of a random occurrence in the "right" rocks and strata, but that might take more design in the world gen than loftar is willing to include.

[jorb]

That is indeed possible.

You should make gold mining more like this. I don't like the fact that it's possible to mine out 40 gold bars from a single node.

Arguably, but I don't want it to just be random either. Will make the gold and silver veins smaller next world, probably.

[AAlex]

Will make the gold and silver veins smaller next world, probably.

Please.

I agree that it shouldn't be totally random, but I also like the random chances!

I think, making the nodes somewhat frequent, but make it so you get a few nugs or if you're very lucky, a couple of bars, maybe.