{
  "gold_resources": {
    "gold_lode": {
      "display_name": "Gold Lode",
      "description": "Primary gold deposit in quartz veins with high-grade ore concentrations",
      "formation_type": "hydrothermal_quartz_vein",
      "extraction_difficulty": "hard",
      "budget_impact": 5,
      "resource_yield": "medium",
      "quality": "premium"
    },
    "placer_gold": {
      "display_name": "Placer Gold",
      "description": "Alluvial gold deposits concentrated in river gravels and ancient streambeds",
      "formation_type": "alluvial_gold_concentration",
      "extraction_difficulty": "easy",
      "budget_impact": 3,
      "resource_yield": "medium",
      "quality": "premium"
    },
    "epithermal_gold": {
      "display_name": "Epithermal Gold",
      "description": "Shallow gold deposit formed by hot springs with silver associations",
      "formation_type": "epithermal_mineralization",
      "extraction_difficulty": "medium",
      "budget_impact": 4,
      "resource_yield": "high",
      "quality": "premium"
    },
    "residual_gold": {
      "display_name": "Residual Gold",
      "description": "Weathered gold deposits concentrated by erosion of primary sources",
      "formation_type": "weathering_concentration",
      "extraction_difficulty": "very_easy",
      "budget_impact": 2,
      "resource_yield": "low",
      "quality": "premium"
    },
    "conglomerate_gold": {
      "display_name": "Conglomerate Gold",
      "description": "Ancient gold deposits in fossil river conglomerates with uranium traces",
      "formation_type": "paleozoic_conglomerate",
      "extraction_difficulty": "very_hard",
      "budget_impact": 4,
      "resource_yield": "high",
      "quality": "premium"
    },
    "sulfide_gold": {
      "display_name": "Sulfide Gold",
      "description": "Gold associated with sulfide minerals requiring complex processing",
      "formation_type": "sulfide_mineralization",
      "extraction_difficulty": "very_hard",
      "budget_impact": 3,
      "resource_yield": "medium",
      "quality": "standard"
    }
  }
}