Lost Spanish gold mine

[azaware]

We been on the trail of a lost mine in Mexico. On are last trip some months back as we was heading back to camp my son spotted what turn out to be Apache tears. Now the region we are in it's a none mineralize area. So the question, is it possible that Apache tears could be in an none mineralize area? or is this another clue that the mine really could be there.

thanks for any in put.

 

[Harvster]

Apache tears are fragments of obsidian that have been naturally polished by erosive action. They are therefore of volcanic origin, and while there are isolated occurances of rich mineralization in connection with volcanic caldera, most such locations are pretty devoid of concentrated minerals. This is because the volcanic action distributes the minerals so diffusely that there isn't a recoverable concentration. Also, most often, the chemistry is wrong for classic gold deposition.

Hope this helps. Good luck in your quest.