Gold Pockets

Once the gold has traveled down to the stream there are a few things that take place to it, this process consists of transportation, deposition, retention and accumulation. Transportation has to do with the travel down the stream of the gold whether it is suspended in the stream or bed load. Deposition takes place when the gold is dropped on the bed. Retention refers to the propensity the gold has of remaining in the position it was dropped in. Once the gold has been retained or held by the bed load the gold initiates its process of accumulation and will then turn into a placer or gold pocket. After the gold goes into the stream the conditions are usually flood since a rainstorm commonly guarantees the conditions of entry. At this point how far it is carried for the most part depends on the speed of the stream that then depends on the inclination as well as the volume of water brought about by the storm that causes the gold to get into the stream to begin with. The central item to keep in mind concerning transportation is that once the gold or heavy material has been carried up by a stream it is transported until the stream load is no longer able to support it in suspension and this is the point when it then becomes deposited. Deposition can take place close to the entry point of the stream or at a distance away from it.