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The Art of Finding Coarse Gold—Part III
February 2005 by Chris Ralph
In the first part of this article, we took a look at the special geology required to form coarse gold. In the second part, we looked at field examples of coarse gold occurrences and the geology of residual placers.
The Mid-Winter Nugget
Some of the gold is placer that was beat up as it traveled; however, quite a bit of the gold is pocket gold that is running along the surface in this area.
Company Notes
• AZCO Mining Inc.
• Great Quest Metals Ltd.
• Royal Gold, Inc.
• Altair International, Inc.
• Vista Gold Corp.
• Placer Dome
Legislative and Regulatory Update
Ask The Experts
What is claim relocation?
The Coeur Rochester Mine
One of the reasons I am bringing this article forward to readers now is that the mine personnel are celebrating the production of 150 million ounces of silver since 1986.
Gold in the Slate Creek Basin
In some areas these channels were thousands of feet wide, and just figuring out where you are in some of these diggings is a challenge.
Hidden Value in Old Tailings
The 15 rare earth elements were discovered long after the gold rush began to wane, but demand for them only took off over the past 10 years...
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The Bawl Mill
• Shortage of Mining Engineers Projected
• Ex-MarketWatch Mining Promoter Settles Charges
• Carbonatites
• Sage-Grouse Listing Denied
• Tongass Approves Kensington Mine Plan
• PLP Interim Rule Raffle
• California Miners Locate Rich Pocket of Specimen Gold
• The Lucky Shot Mine
• BC Premier Heralds "Golden Decade" in Forestry and Mining
• Drywashing for Eluvial Gold in the Desert—Using a Portable Drywasher and Hand Tools
• Claim Filings Up in the Northwest
• Canadian Officials Foresee Little Impact From Mine
• Coeur d'Alene Mines Sees Future in Bolivia
• The Golden Highway—Nevada County
• Melman on Gold & Silver
• Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices
• Looking Back
