Understanding and Prospecting Benches

September 2011 by Jim Halloran

Prospecting for Nickel Deposits

November 2010
The periodic exploration efforts for nickel during periods of high prices have been sporadic and incomplete. There is a role for the prospector and geologist in searching laterites potentially rich in nickel and mafic igneous bodies that may be rich in nickel.

Greenstone and Gold

September 2013
Contacts, faults and zones of weak rock are all places that can act as a pipeline to convey gold-bearing fluids, leading to valuable deposits.

Sierra County Gold—Part I

December 2013
...this county contained some of the richest placer ground found in all of California and still produces some pretty impressive finds to this day.

The Ely Copper-Gold District of Nevada

January 2015
The main ore deposits of the Ely district are associated with an east-west belt of altered and mineralized rocks measuring about one mile wide that extends 8 miles westward from Ely.

The Bawl Mill

March 2016
• Do as I say, not as I do...
• By the numbers...

The Batteries Metal Rush

August 2018

There is a major change coming in the economy of the world and now is the time for prospectors and miners to grab a ticket and get on board.

Gemstones to Die For

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

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