Can You Recognize Valuable Ores?

August 2016 by Chris Ralph

Gemstones to Die For

November 2014
Some gems can potentially poison you, make you sterile and even make you forget who you are.

What Are Those Rocks In My Pan?

June 2011
The placer mineral identification key is designed to answer this question. It attempts to recognize all the minerals in your gold pan concentrates.

Montana’s Rosetta Stone: Discovering Mines In The Treasure State

May 2015
This is the intelligent way to start modern prospecting. The value of literary research yields challenging outings, specimens, history and geologic research.

Diary of a Diamond Prospector

April 2017
I couldn’t wait to get started. With no field budget, an assay budget of $100/year, a 1975-Ford Bronco that was a road hazard, a gas card, a topo map and full support of the director, I headed to the State Line district near Tie Siding along US Highway 287 to begin mapping kimberlite.

Ask The Experts

July 2015
Q: Is there a correlation between fault zones and mineralization of economic metals?

Gold, Quartz & Chalcedony—Part I

October 2011
Gold has always been noted to have an affinity for quartz to such a degree prospectors almost always dig on quartz veins in a search for the precious metal.

The Goldfield Mining District, Nevada—Part I

June 2017

An example of some of this extraordinary ore was a lot of about four tons from the Florence mine during the last days of a lease that averaged over 300 ounces of gold per ton.

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