The name is very fitting. I've never seen so much gold. Right now, I have more gold than *stone*

I did a 5x5 embark around the river mouth that encompassed significant parts of all four biomes to make sure I got all the rock layers. The gold is in the SE. Several hundred units of lignite/coal is available (and easy to find). There's even a little platinum in the magnetite cluster on the surface. Iron & copper are plentiful, too.

Gems are also ridiculous. I had never seen rock crystal before this map. Now I've got tons of that and a dozen other gems. The elves bring you sunberries. Wild unicorns wander the land. All civs appear to be present, but the kobolds & goblins haven't sent more than one unit over yet. Spiders appear to be in the caverns in the NW of the area, somewhere around -32. You can make robes.

Gypsum is the only thing I can't find so far and I've mined through most of the chert looking for it, but I know it's there somewhere. With all that gold, you can import as much as you want to. The only flux is the marble, which is a little bit deep, but it's there. Here's DFProspector's take on my embark so that you can see what I mean about the gold. I mean, the amount of gold is so ridiculous, it's up there with orthoclase and microline.

This place might as well be called El Dwarfado.

DIAMOND_GREEN : 1
DIAMOND_RED : 3
OPAL_PINFIRE : 7
DIAMOND_BLUE : 8
ANHYDRITE : 18
ALABASTER : 19
DIAMOND_YELLOW : 27
OPAL_WHITE : 36
OPAL_BANDFIRE : 36
LACE AGATE : 38
PINEAPPLE OPAL : 39
MILK OPAL : 40
MARCASITE : 44
ALMANDINE : 47
CHRYSOPRASE : 53
DIAMOND_CLEAR : 54
DENDRITIC AGATE : 60
GREEN ZIRCON : 69
OPAL_PFIRE : 70
DEMANTOID : 75
PITCHBLENDE : 89
AMETHYST : 94
CARNELIAN : 96
AMBER OPAL : 100
CHERRY OPAL : 100
PIPE OPAL : 111
SERPENTINE : 126
GRAPHITE : 129
TURQUOISE : 130
TOPAZOLITE : 130
RED ZIRCON : 138
RESIN OPAL : 142
FIRE OPAL : 153
MELANITE : 156
CALCITE : 175
CINNAMON GROSSULAR : 184
OPAL_REDFLASH : 186
ONYX : 190
WAX OPAL : 193
TANZANITE : 197
RUBICELLE : 213
BLUE GARNET : 215
PERIDOT : 223
BLACK PYROPE : 231
MOONSTONE : 232
LAPIS LAZULI : 233
RED PYROPE : 245
PRASE OPAL : 252
GREEN TOURMALINE : 259
CLEAR GARNET : 261
OPAL_CRYSTAL : 263
CLEAR ZIRCON : 279
PINK TOURMALINE : 279
GRAY CHALCEDONY : 280
PINK GARNET : 292
FIRE AGATE : 293
ILMENITE : 297
VIOLET SPESSARTINE : 301
YELLOW GROSSULAR : 306
DIAMOND_LY : 321
TIGER IRON : 345
MOSS OPAL : 364
DIAMOND_FY : 373
CHRYSOCOLLA : 386
RHODOLITE : 500
PRASE : 504
CLEAR TOURMALINE : 556
SUNSTONE : 591
WOOD OPAL : 601
INDIGO TOURMALINE : 620
GOLDEN BERYL : 682
CITRINE : 687
CHROMITE : 689
YELLOW ZIRCON : 717
OPAL_HARLEQUIN : 722
BROWN ZIRCON : 741
CHRYSOBERYL : 759
HONEY YELLOW BERYL : 769
CRYOLITE : 770
CAT'S EYE : 775
OPAL_BLACK : 786
RED BERYL : 794
RUTILE : 798
GOSHENITE : 815
KUNZITE : 831
SHELL OPAL : 891
MORION : 895
SCHORL : 896
REALGAR : 933
TOPAZ : 941
OPAL_CLARO : 969
STIBNITE : 1007
SMOKY QUARTZ : 1010
GOLD OPAL : 1024
HELIODOR : 1109
ONYX OPAL : 1110
SPINEL_RED : 1110
JASPER OPAL : 1150
NATIVE_PLATINUM : 1151
BRIMSTONE : 1210
PYROLUSITE : 1219
BONE OPAL : 1224
CRYSTAL_ROCK : 1463
AQUAMARINE : 1572
BLACK ZIRCON : 1633
MILK QUARTZ : 1639
ORPIMENT : 1650
EMERALD : 1746
ALEXANDRITE : 1929
LIMONITE : 1956
MORGANITE : 1969
QUARTZ_ROSE : 2082
LIGNITE : 2132
HORNBLENDE : 2175
BISMUTHINITE : 2610
HORN_SILVER : 2658
CINNABAR : 2940
NATIVE_ALUMINUM : 3568
GYPSUM : 3732
COAL_BITUMINOUS : 3739
MAGNETITE : 4173
MALACHITE : 5214
KAOLINITE : 5599
RAW_ADAMANTINE : 6108
JET : 7995
JELLY OPAL : 9490
PYRITE : 9666
GALENA : 22678
KIMBERLITE : 23420
SPHALERITE : 23848
GARNIERITE : 24394
NATIVE_SILVER : 32254
TETRAHEDRITE : 37822
OLIVINE : 39913
CASSITERITE : 41635
HEMATITE : 45966
COBALTITE : 48988
NATIVE_COPPER : 53113
MICA : 104871
NATIVE_GOLD : 114374
ALUNITE : 148096
ORTHOCLASE : 353817
MICROCLINE : 496026
SLADE : 1434184 comment last edited by Uristocrat on Nov 06, 2010, 10:51:15 pm