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Geology of Gold
Gold_Striker  
Posted : Monday, 18 October 2010 10:33:06 PM(UTC)
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I wanted to know if any of you can tell me where to get geologic units of NZ as an overlay for google earth. Once you have a basic understanding of how gold deposits form you can use geologic maps to point you in the right direction.

You want to find a fault line and also the best rock type that is the type of rock that has the best chance of having a gold deposit in it.
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I want to make a map for NZ of the best spots for my website.

BTW hello from USA I just found this forum happy to see you all.


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gavin  
Posted : Tuesday, 19 October 2010 2:23:40 AM(UTC)
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Hi there Gold_Striker - welcome aboard the NZ gold fossicking forums.

Crown Minerals - http://www.crownminerals.govt.nz/ - has a lot of data for consumption. Perhaps you can find what you're after here?
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Posted : Tuesday, 19 October 2010 3:42:13 PM(UTC)
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There are some Geological survey maps available on line somewhere. I found one for the Nelson area. It is a LizardTech MrSID Image which you can zoom in and out of and pan around the place. There must be others available.
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Tussock  
Posted : Tuesday, 28 August 2012 1:21:35 AM(UTC)
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In theory I could do this.

I will have a look and see what I can come up with. It may melt my PC.

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gogold  
Posted : Tuesday, 28 August 2012 10:28:17 AM(UTC)
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this ones not on google earth but its similar to what you are after
http://data.gns.cri.nz/geoatlas/
just click on interactive map zoom in set your layer and then the info button tells you the makeup of that area
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