RE:RE:RE:RE:Golden JointThe Appleton fault is where continent met continent. The stresses and pressures were enormous. I doubt that much fluid ever flowed through the Appleton fault per say. The gold bearing fluids came through parallel structures like the Lotto-Baseline fault which you can think of as high velocity rivers. The gold and "other sediment" found it's way into catch basins/quiet areas/splay faults and froze there.
In my opinion none of the gold zones are connected to the Appleton fault and all are connected to the Lotto-Baseline fault.