Chris Coffee Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I am wondering if anyone can tell me if this area would be a potentially promising place to nugget hunt. There is an area of about 6 square miles of land on and around a dormant cinder cone that is covered with this exact same type of soil/quartz mixture. The whole area is made up of what I believe to be decomposed granite and schist; plus all the quartz. There are hundreds of granite outcroppings with large veins of this quartz running through them. Is this the type of quartz and rock mixture that could potentially yield gold? What makes these quartz rocks have these black spiderweb-like lines in them? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc62burke Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Hi ChrisLooks very interesting, I would do some pan sampling in the gullies that drain that area, that is about the only way to know for certain if there is any free gold in your area, you will need to do several samples to know for sure.cheersLee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck,tx2 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Man O Man, What this old fart would give for a place to speck like that, On my morning. 50' trip to the mail box here in TX, I give ever rock & pebble a good examination. What is that old saying the experience gold hunters always say? Gold is where you find it.There is no way in hell that there is any gold that I have a chance to find around here, BUT, Gold is where you find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
highbanker58 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Chris - let me know if you need help running a detector over that large an area.My GPX 5000 is starting to get a THIN layer of dust.I'm heading for Colorado next week for 5 days of NUGGET THERAPY. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Do you know if this is in an existing gold district? Division of Mines and Geology puts out a book of them and it is a handy reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whylee Posted August 15, 2011 Share Posted August 15, 2011 There is a area here that has the same quarts with black webs running through it. I am no rock hound, but it looks cool as hell. Some of the quarts is very rusty stained looking. I have detected there a few times and never found anything except bullets Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Coffee Posted August 16, 2011 Author Share Posted August 16, 2011 Do you know if this is in an existing gold district? Division of Mines and Geology puts out a book of them and it is a handy reference.El Dorado, I am not sure if that specific area is in a gold district or not, but I do know it is in an area where there are numerous abandoned copper, silver, gold, and zinc mines. I will look right now for the book from the DMG because that is definitely something I would like to have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Dorado Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 The reason I say this is because if gold has previously been found there, it would be good to detect and sample. The presence of quartz is not always an indicator......Red stained quartz is a good sign as it indicates iron, which in a combination with quartz is a good indicator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chipsam Posted August 21, 2011 Share Posted August 21, 2011 Looks like a good area to me. Lots of exposed quartz. I've always detected these areas, but they're always in known gold regions.If gold has been found in that area then detect it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck,tx2 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Thirty X 30 hunk of this dirt, produced over 300 nuggets, this place is the only dirt I ever grid. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck,tx2 Posted August 22, 2011 Share Posted August 22, 2011 Sorry, the image did not image. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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