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Gold in North Dakota
December 2002 by Edgar B. Heylmun, PhD
North Dakota, 70,704 square miles in area, is situated on the Great Plains, in the geographic center of the North American continent. It is bounded on the north by Canada.
Northwestern Alaska Mineral Resources
Gold and jade are actually only minor mineral resources for the Northwestern Alaska region as a whole. Modern prospecting has focused more on base metal than precious metal resources.
Critical Minerals: Tungsten
Because tungsten minerals are heavy, exploration can be done using stream sediment samples. Prospectors looking for gold have found scheelite or wolframite in their placer concentrates, and in some cases this has led them to make important tungsten finds.
Sunshine and Gold
New Study on the Formation of Nuggets—Part I
Geologists have long realized that the vast majority of gold in typical quartz veins is in the tiny, dust-size range, a lot smaller than the gold nuggets found by placer miners. This is common worldwide in many, many gold districts.
Prospecting for Hardrock Gold - Part II
I finally managed to return to this exploration effort. There was still snow on the ground on the north side of the mountain where I started, but I knew the south side was likely melted and gold fever bit too hard to stay inside any longer.
Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
Mining Stock Quotes & Mineral and Metal Prices
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The Bawl Mill
• Original Sixteen-to-One Mine Fights On
• Solar-Powered Placer Sampling Equipment
• Working the Belmont Mine—1953 (Part 3—Conclusion)
• Company Notes
• Picks & Pans: Gold and Bears
• The North Star Mine
• Dectecting Alaskan Gold Nuggets
• The Ancient History of Gold
• Columbians Continue Search for Emeralds
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Melman on Gold & Silver
