Patrick in Havasu 394 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 .............. is quartz associated with the area you find detectable gold?Patrick 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nugget Shooter 4,614 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Probably close to 90% for me when I think about it, as in there is visible quartz with the other material in the general area. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
garimpo 2,296 Posted May 11, 2015 Share Posted May 11, 2015 Quartz blows, quartz float, quartz veins, nearly all areas here have quartz mixed with gravel and other minerals where gold is present. Around two hundred years ago when the Portuguese brought slaves into Brazil they found visible quartz vein loaded with gold. All they had to do was dig out the vein until it was gone. Many times the vein was only one to two feet deep and less than two feet wide. Other veins of quartz carrying gold was a couple of yards wide and 50' deep that went into and sometimes through a mountain. I've beeped several of these after I burned out the snakes but only found one quartz and gold nugget that was discarded with the tails. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoser John 1,240 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Here in the Golden Crescent the mean average would be at least 80% but the platinum group metals not so much. John Quote Link to post Share on other sites
El Dorado 964 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 In my area, much of the gold comes from ancient rivers. Most of the nuggets are very river worn and not much quartz with them...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
shep 218 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Haven't had much luck around ' bull quartz' what I call it, pure white quartz. I get more interested the dirtier the quartz is; rusty ol crappy ugly quartz, I like 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Uncle Ron 1,491 Posted May 15, 2015 Share Posted May 15, 2015 I have a few patches that have tiny quartz stringers in iron schist associated with iron pyrite ... Always seems to be quartz nearby even when the gold occurs in the schist without quartz directly involved .... When I'm prospecting I look for four main indicators: schist, quartz, greenstone and ironstone ... Like the old timers said (crap, I guess I'm one of them now!) the more colors in the mineralization, the more favorable for gold! .... Cheers, Unc 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Furness 1,513 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I like Shep ... rarely find much if any gold in pure white quartz ... mineralization is the key ... more colors the better! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Swampstomper Al 1,336 Posted May 17, 2015 Share Posted May 17, 2015 So what y'all are sayin' is I shouldn't bother diggin'out all those bull quartz stringers over to the Leviathan then..?? ( One time I paid a visit to that face for about an hour or sowith an MD 20 and all I got was lonely.. )SA Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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