Here's the video on the relationship between rocks, minerals and gold. Note the few essential mineral types you need to watch for, these include; quartzite (especially dark stained tertiary quartz), magnetite & hematite, pyrite, green stones such as serpentine (California state mineral), red rocks and clays (redder the better.) Take a look at the video and go back to the … [Read more...]
How to find gold, using a few common placer gold rocks and minerals
Know how to find gold easily by watching out for just a handful of gold related rocks and minerals: Where you're hunting for gold; rocks and minerals are one of the most important things you can look at to find gold location clues. Out of the billions of combinations of rock and mineral types, there are only a handful of gold deposit minerals that you really need to keep an … [Read more...]
Where does placer gold come from?
Where does placer gold come from - Gold Geology 101 - Finding placer gold sources, video part 2 of 2 (all 3 segments) Our discussion of where does placer gold come from? Gold and geology video picks up with a small review of the last video... (Note: If you need to check - Geology and gold 101 part 1 of 2, that video is found on this post) Let's take a look at important … [Read more...]
Where does gold come from?
Gold - Geology 101 part 1 of 2 In this video I briefly describe the origins of gold. At least an outline of current science about gold. Trust me, you wouldn't want me to go up and down the detailed physics of Silicon fusing and forming Nickel 56 which radioactively decays to Iron (Fe)... OK, I'll let up ;) To understand gold better I will show you about the special, … [Read more...]