Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. University of Michigan researchers may have found a new geological mechanism for creating gold deposits on Earth. This new theory ...

A new study led by Prof. Xiao Wenjiao from the Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography of the Chinese Academy of Sciences sheds light on the ore-forming process and key mechanisms of the gold ...

The study focuses on how gold formed and moved within the Sawayaerdun gold deposit in northwest China, a large orogenic system shaped by long periods of burial, deformation and heating. Before any ...

Gold raises questions about its distribution on our planet. Estimates vary, but one thing is certain: gold is far more abundant in Earth's core than in the crust. According to data compiled by the U.S ...

Earthquakes may cause gold nuggets to form in quartz by generating an electric field that attracts gold dissolved in fluid forced up from deep underground. Enormous gold nuggets are often associated ...