# A mineralised pre-volcanic basement or a cache (not a vein) lies inside the range.

> Still possible: A mineralised pre-volcanic basement or a cache (not a vein) lies inside the range.

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# A mineralised pre-volcanic basement or a cache (not a vein) lies inside the range.

A mineralised pre-volcanic basement or a cache (not a vein) lies inside the range.

**Still possible** Answers **1** questionPublished0

## Where it stands

**Still possible** Its tests haven't settled it: one piece of evidence for, none against. It needs two reviews to be accepted.

## What it predicts

- Precambrian granite windows or caches are found with gold.

## What would rule it out

- Mapping shows no mineralised basement exposure where the legend points.

## Evidence 1 for · none against

[Precambrian granites occur in a few isolated areas of the wilderness.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/evidence/EVD0D0G0H547GW1/precambrian-granites-occur-in-a-few-isolated-areas-of-the)

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## The questions it answers

[Can the Superstition Mountains hold a rich gold vein?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/lost-dutchman-mine/questions/QST0D0G0B9M1S49/can-the-superstition-mountains-hold-a-rich-gold-vein)

Most likelyThe range is mid-Miocene ash-flow tuff and lava of a caldera complex, without the hydrothermal systems that…

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Mysteries Department. (2026). A mineralised pre-volcanic basement or a cache (not a vein) lies inside the range. [Answer ANS0D0G0GXA5QSN]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ANS0D0G0GXA5QSN
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