Garrett Electronics - trusted by real miners & prospectors!

Magazine

Small Mining Operations

The Importance Of Mining Critical Minerals In The USA

Critical minerals are products that the government has designated as critical to our national interest because of both their potential military and industrial applications.

Online access required. Please .

Add a Comment

Additional articles that might interest you...

Exploring Placers with Auger Drills


Augers can be used effectively for placer exploration with certain limitations.

Using Structural Clues to Locate Buried Placer Channels


They must have assumed the paystreak was spotty and had been mined out, so they never mined as close to the side of the valley as they should have.

Moore Creek, Alaska—Then and Now


The gold was very chunky and much of it had quartz attached. Even back then I knew that the gold was very close to its source.

Large Gold Deposit Types


It is not necessary to have a PhD in geology, but you need to know the basics, so that’s what I am going to try to dig into here—the understandable basics of these gigantic gold deposits.

Gold in Quartz


Because quartz and gold may be deposited together across a considerable range of temperatures, not all quartz veins are the same, and there are several different types of gold-quartz deposits.

Proper Placer Sample Processing


...your sampling procedures should not be designed to catch gold your mining technique will never recover.

Small-Scale Concentrating and Recovery Methods


The first step in my recovery process after milling the ore to the desired size is to table it. On this particular ore, I get good results milling it to minus 100 mesh.

Subscription Required:
The Bawl Mill   • Ask The Experts - Any references on gold formation?   • Ask The Experts - Finalizing an agreement with a mining company   • The Basics of Exploration Leases and Contracts—Part II   • Pumping Water With Solar Power   • My Introduction To Gold Prospecting   • Resurrecting An Old Hard Rock Mine—Safety Is No Accident   • Mining Claims: Breaking All The Commandments   • Gold Prospecting for Better or Worse: Gold Is Where You Find It   • Detecting for Gold: A Return to Familiar Ground   • Melman on Gold & Silver   • Mining Stock Quotes and Mineral & Metal Prices

Free:
Legislative and Regulatory Update   • PLP Update

Advertisements

Garrett Electronics - trusted by real miners & prospectors!
Precious Metals Recovery plants and equipment
Fighting to keep public lands open to the public
Specializing in the processing of precious metal ores!
Watch prospecting shows on your computer right now
Free Online Sample Issue