According to a report from Guangming Network, the Henan Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources recently discovered a very large gold mine in a mountainous area of Tongbai County, Nanyang, and only roughly estimated that there were 31.55 tons, equivalent to 368 yuan per gram of gold price, and 31.55 tons of gold was at least estimated at 11.61 billion yuan.
After accurate estimates by geologists, the gold mine can detect 50 tons of gold at the end of the year, estimated at 18.4 billion yuan. It is expected to be mined for 50 years!
Henan gives the impression of the Central Plains, in the open plains, why did gold mines be found?
In everyone's impression, the place with more gold mines should be a place with more mountains, such as Tibet, Xinjiang, or a mountainous place such as Fujian and Guizhou.
However, the fact is that Henan's annual gold output has been ranked second in the country in the past ten years, second only to Shandong.
This is not the first time that a very large gold mine has been discovered in Henan.
In 2014, a 40-ton gold mine was discovered in Song County, Henan Province, which could be mined until 2056.
In 2016, Henan Tongbaishan discovered a gold mine with 105 tons of reserves, which can be mined until the end of this century.
Although Henan is a plain, it is not without mountains in its territory.
For example, Xiaoqinling, Songshan, Funiushan, Dabieshan and Tongbaishan are all in Henan.
Henan's two very large gold mines were found in Tongbai Mountain, why does Tongbai Mountain contain a lot of gold?
Looking at the satellite map, it was found that Tongbai Mountain was not a big mountain range, and it was a small mountain range compared with the Qinling Mountains.
Why do such small mountains contain so much gold?
We know that heavy metals like gold are elements that can only be synthesized during supernova explosions. It is then ejected in an explosion, and heavy metals form planets under the influence of gravity. Heavy metals, on the other hand, are deeper in geological layers.
Mountains with a high content of heavy metals tend to have a larger mass, stronger gravity from the center of the earth, and stronger geology.
The Nanyang Basin was formed between Tongbai Mountain and Qinling Mountain.
Nanyang is the core and hardest central orogenic belt in China. There are a lot of heavy metals underground.
The North China Plain is an alluvial plain of rivers such as the Yellow River and the Huai River. Although Nanyang is central China, it is also an alluvial plain.
Wutong Mountain is just in an area that has not been hit by the river. This suggests that the mountains are extremely strong and may be hiding a lot of heavy metals. Iron, copper, and gold are all heavy metals. So it's no surprise that gold mines are frequently found in Wutong Mountain.