There is that old saying, "Gold is where you find it." But, that saying is really not that helpful when it comes to going out there and having some degree of success at finding at least some gold. Based solely on that old saying, a person could waste a considerable amount of time looking for gold in all the wrong places. Possibly a person could spend a lot of time searching in barren ground, with no hope of finding any nuggets at all or even any small flakes. So, in order to increase a person's chances for finding gold, they need to learn more about gold and where it is more likely to be found.
Generally speaking, finding any worthwhile gold takes a lot of work. It takes a lot of work out in the field, but more importantly, it takes a lot of research and learning before a person even goes out in the field, if they hope to have any type of success at all. Now, years back, the writer bought their first gold pan. They panned in various creeks and streams, without much success. Then they realized that if they wanted to have any chance at finding gold, they had better learn some things about geology, especially the geology of gold. So, with this basic introduction, let us consider the information found in the pages and videos linked below.
The introductory set of pages and videos linked below provides a rather broad spectrum of information, from very basic to more advanced. Some of the information is aimed at those with just an entry level interest in gold, while some of the information is at a level which would more likely be used by more advanced prospectors. But, even the more advanced information is good for the beginner to look through and glean what information they can understand. And in time, with experience in the field, even the more advanced information may become much easier for the amateur prospector to use to their benefit.
With the information clearly in mind which is accessed by the links above, let us work toward the main subject of this page, which is earthquake gold. Now, many people understand that gold deposits are commonly associated with geologic intrusions and volcanoes and fault lines. And, in earlier times, it was generally thought that gold deposits took quite some time to form. But, it is now known that there is more to the story. There is something which does not seem to be as commonly known, especially by the amateur prospector, and that is the relationship between earthquakes and the rapid creation of gold deposits.
The pages linked below are telling virtually the same story. The creation of gold deposits can occur almost instantaneously during earthqukes, under the proper circumstances. The first page states that "over 80 percent of all commercial gold deposits were formed in a flash." That's correct, folks! It looks like, for the most part, it did not take hundreds or thousands of years to make a lot of the large gold deposits. Again, it appears that many of these deposits may have been created extremely fast --- in a flash.