gold deposit
Underground precious metal
A gold deposit is a natural concentration of gold in the earth's crust, accumulated in sufficient quantity to potentially be worth mining.
Geologists distinguish between lode deposits (gold embedded in rock formations) and placer deposits (gold particles concentrated in riverbeds or sediments by water action).
The prospectors staked claims near the newly discovered gold deposit.
- nuggetSmall solid lump
- veinVessel toward heart
- oreMetal-bearing rock
- lodeMineral-rich rock seam
- mother lodePrincipal ore deposit
mine · placer · mining claim · bullion · strike · strike it rich · pay dirt · prospector · motherlode · quartz · seam · claim · panning · sluice · bonanza · buried treasure · treasure · buried
- geological formationslode, mineral vein, coal seam, coal bed, evaporite
- depositsCD, FDIC insurance
- gold forms
- ore depositslode, vein, motherlode, iron ore, copper ore