Showing posts with label gold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gold. Show all posts
Thursday, August 16, 2012

East Coast Gold

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East Coast Gold Geological map of North America   USGS This book is like none other, because it deals with gold found on the E...
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Thursday, August 9, 2012

Some Handy Gear for the Prospector

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Hardrock miner Photo by Norbert Schnitzler There are several items that over the years we have found to be handy added to our explo...
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Friday, August 3, 2012

Using the Mineral Identification Chart for Identifying Gold in the Field

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Gold Nugget Photo by Rob Lavinsky Sample No. 100 101 102 103 Color Gold Brass-Yellow ...
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Friday, July 13, 2012

The Geology of Gulag Gold

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Gold mining prisoners in the Kolyma Basin.  They are mining placer gold that is found throughout the area. The Gulag Ore Field or...
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Tuesday, July 10, 2012

Tales of the Devil: The Hammer of Thor

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The new find on the site Somebody asked me why we named this series, Tales of the Devil. Well back in 1819 one of the sources wrot...
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Sunday, July 8, 2012

Streak Plates for Mineral Identification

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Black and white streak plates showing colored streaks for pyrite and rhodocrosite on black & white streak plates One of the most ...
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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Gold Deposits in Ancient Turbidites

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The southeastern coast of the United States - NOAA The largest deposits of gold on Earth are found in ancient turbidites that include...
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Tuesday, July 3, 2012

Gold Occurrences in Burkina Faso

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Map of Burkina Faso  -  CIA In the past 40 years there has been a great deal of interest in gold mining in Burkina Faso . This is ...
Monday, June 18, 2012

Gold Occurrences in Botswana

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Mining in Botswana Although gold is mined in Botswana since the early 1990s diamond production has led the pack with most of the...
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Kitchen Utensils used for finding Gold

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Many of these things can be used in the search for gold, but not all. Photo by Jeppestown About the last thing in the world you wo...
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How to Build a Gold Rocker Box:

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A gold rocker box in use A gold rocker box is a device that efficiently recovers gold from river sand and gravel that is capable ...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Outlaw Gold

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Illegal Gold Mining in Africa Outlaw Gold is not something left over from the days of the Wild West it is an illegal method of ...
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Thursday, June 7, 2012

Gold Occurrences in Benin

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Map of Benin Mineral resource development is controlled by the Office Béninoise des Mines (OBEMINES). Benin  has been revising its...