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The folded structure in the lower photo is identified as folded ore shoot The nose of folds ore shoot may be enriched in gold as I found at the Duncan and Carissa mines at South Pass While mapping around the Duncan and Carissa gold mines I found some ore shoots where the gold values increased dramatically
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Here we show you the basic techniques for finding gold left on the river banks from flooding herbwa41 H Herbert Waldron 41 gold general how to Gold Sluice Box Klamath River In this video we show you some gold prospecting techniques for high banking
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The total production of ore extracted and milled in the Comstock District 1860 to June 30 1880 was 6 971 641 tons 640 pounds Peak production from the Comstock occurred in 1877 with the mines producing over $14 000 000 of gold and $21 000 000 of silver that year about $340 243 750 and $510 365 625 today
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No evidence of lode gold in the limestones could be found The placer pits deepen rapidly after the stream passes from schist to limestone solution channels and small caverns are abundant in the limestone walls of the pits
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Where is gold found Often it is found in low places definitely on top of bedrock and in front of obstructions that prevent it from moving further Gold that has accumulated as a result of moving downriver is called placer gold However placer gold is not just found in rivers it also accumulates on dry ground in valleys and rock crevices
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The Comstock Lode has yielded 9 million ounces of gold and 220 million ounces of silver worth about $12 billion at today s prices The wealth it generated went to help finance the Union cause
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The most important mining regions of Oregon are in the northeastern part of the State where both lode and placer gold have been found Placer gold occurs in many streams that drain the Blue and Wallowa Mountains One of the most productive placer districts in this area is in the vicinity of Sumpter on the upper Powder River
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Zestimate Home Value $812 500 11359 Mother Lode Cir Gold River CA is a single family home that contains 2 288 sq ft and was built in 1983 It contains 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms The Zestimate for this house is $766 100 which has decreased by $17 480 in the last 30 days The Rent Zestimate for this home is $2 949/mo which has increased by $2 949/mo in the last 30 days
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You can use our scrap gold calculator to find the approximate value of your placer gold All you need to do is weigh your placer gold input the number of grams select a purity in the 70% to 90% range and then click the calculate button Conclusion During the famous California Gold Rush placer gold existed in abundance
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Gold mining in Colorado a state of the United States has been an industry since also played a key role in the establishment of the state of Explorer Zebulon Pike heard a report of gold in South Park present day Park County Colorado in Gold discoveries in Colorado began around Denver prospectors traced the placer gold to its source in the mountains west of Denver
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Lumpkin County produced over 500 000 ounces of placer and lode gold All area stream gravels benches terraces and hillsides contain placer gold CHESTATEE RIVER Adjacent to the Chestatee River you will find the Boly Field Property which was an old saprolite deposit that contained lode gold
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Lode Deposits Classical quartz vein or lode emplaced in a fracture in tonalite granitic host rock This quartz vein contains patches shoots of gold that are surrounded by milky quartz gangue Photo taken in the lower level of the Mary Ellen Mine at South Pass Note that the vein has been faulted and offset
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The fineness of gold represents the weight of gold in proportion to the total weight which includes any other base metals and impurities in parts per 1000 Placer gold is more pure than lode gold Lode gold is gold that is found in veins in rocks This is the type of gold that most inland commercial mines are after these days
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Also there are many old lode gold mines Ashe County North Carolina The best place to start looking for gold in Ashe County is in the headwaters of the New River in the south part of the county Gap Creek Mine The Gap Creek Mine aka Copper Knob Mine produced gold as a by product of its copper mining It is located at Gap Creek on the New River
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In such instances the first clue to the existence of a lode may be found in float The prospector will examine pieces of loose rock especially those containing metallic minerals and characteristic lode minerals the most common of which is quartz
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Still the theory works well enough to be used to predict where gold occurs Gold most commonly occurs in quartz veins The quartz and gold were deposited within crevices and fractures in rock far below the earth by circulating hot water You will see the term hydrothermal a lot hydro = water thermal = hot
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The most important mining regions of Oregon are in the northeastern part of the State where both lode and placer gold have been found Placer gold occurs in many streams that drain the Blue and Wallowa Mountains One of the most productive placer districts in this area is in the vicinity of Sumpter on the upper Powder River
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The first two letters of the gold map file name indicate the state The third letter indicates the status open or closed abandoned and the fourth letter tells you if it s a placer claim or a lode claim For example means this is the Arizona Active Lode claim map means this is the Idaho Closed Placer claim map
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According to the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy the Mother Lode gold belt carries the most productive and best known mining districts in California s gold country Although the entire foothill region of the Sierra Nevada is sometimes loosely termed the Mother Lode Country technically the Mother Lode is a 120 mile long system of
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Real gold will not scratch a piece of glass but other minerals that look like gold often do If your piece of quartz has a corner or edge that looks like gold on it try scratching this against a piece of glass If it leaves a scratch it is not real gold [3] You can use any piece of broken glass or mirror for this test
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Tunnel Sites A tunnel site is a subsurface right of way under Federal land open to mineral entry It is used for access to lode mining claims or to explore for blind or undiscovered veins lodes or ledges not currently claimed or known to exist on the surface A tunnel site can be up to 3 000 feet in length State Requirements
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The remainder occurs in gold only deposits which comprise placers 5% and bedrock sources 60% termed lode gold deposits Cooke 1946 Lode gold deposits are present in all of the major tectonic subdivisions of the Canadian landmass but occur dominantly in terranes with an abundance of volcanic and clastic sedimentary rocks of low to
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However finding gold is still possible in many regions of the state The list below compiled by UGS describes several places known to contain placer gold deposits Abajo Mountains Johnson Creek and Recapture Creek Oquirrh Mountains Bingham Canyon Colorado River From the mouth of the Dolores River south to the Amasa back bend
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And you also need to know what you re looking at in the way of rocks and minerals The rocks and minerals tell a tale That tail usually is in the form of the kinds of oxides and the kinds of sulfides that go along with the kind of mineral you re looking for If it s platinum or if it s gold or you name it silver lead you ll see galena Okay
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There is some basic geology good description of where to look and where not telltale signs of gold methods to find hidden lodes and DIY sampling/assays The chapter on panning in quite informative although this information can be found everywhere There is good description of horn spoon method to roughly determine the grade of ore
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The current 2 800 meters 2 800m drill program is a step toward remedying that Specifically Omineca is testing the Skopos and Mary Creek targets At Skopos the company already completed 1 400m of drilling in seven holes and has started the logging and sampling process Skopos is about 900m south of the Wingdam underground placer project
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A good place to look for gold is in mid stream gravel bars Once you gather a pan full of gravel keep rotating the pan to get rid of the large gravel allowing the heavier gold to settle to the bottom of your pan Once your pan contains only black sand look through it carefully to find any gold flakes Posted by mother lode at 8 48 PM
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In the early days most mining was placer mining it required a minimum of equipment and capital But even the placer miners hoped to find the MotherLode the source of all the weathered gold which ended up in the stream beds Because there would be so much gold in the Motherlode they surely would make their fortunes
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