Yeah it wasn't Archean in NSW just the abbreviated lettering in the key/legend got me thinking it may have been used in a similar way for local formations/groups.goldierocks said:
goldierocks said:Yes, I agree - it narrows it down a bit. If the area is a past gold-producer as well, you are in a good place. There is hardly any gold at all in granite in WA, so avoid granite areas.shakergt said:spoon said:A= Archaean
b= Basalt, includes doleritic layers and lenses
is it good for gold? well your in the greenstone, thats a start
Thank you spoon. That is what I was after. For some reason I am not able to find a map legend for geology view in tengraph. From what you are saying I take it the ground I'm looking at is laterite over greenstone = possible gold
No, greenstone is not a name for granite - it is used for greenish rocks that used to be basalt lavas etc. They are pretty good for gold. I was simply warning you to avoid granite areas in general. The accuracy of a map varies with scale and the geo who maps it does not walk all the ground (most is done by remote sensing followed by ground checking of key areas). So you often find unmapped patches of granite inside areas shown as greenstone (in some areas anyway), so just walk over them without wasting time - focus on the greenstone. Banded iron formation can also be an important host for gold (eg Hill 50 mine at Mt Magnet).shakergt said:goldierocks said:Yes, I agree - it narrows it down a bit. If the area is a past gold-producer as well, you are in a good place. There is hardly any gold at all in granite in WA, so avoid granite areas.shakergt said:spoon said:A= Archaean
b= Basalt, includes doleritic layers and lenses
is it good for gold? well your in the greenstone, thats a start
Thank you spoon. That is what I was after. For some reason I am not able to find a map legend for geology view in tengraph. From what you are saying I take it the ground I'm looking at is laterite over greenstone = possible gold
My bad guys. I took greenstone literally. I did not realize it is a general term for granite. Defently no gold to be found in granite that's for sure.
shakergt said:goldierocks said:Yes, I agree - it narrows it down a bit. If the area is a past gold-producer as well, you are in a good place. There is hardly any gold at all in granite in WA, so avoid granite areas.shakergt said:spoon said:A= Archaean
b= Basalt, includes doleritic layers and lenses
is it good for gold? well your in the greenstone, thats a start
Thank you spoon. That is what I was after. For some reason I am not able to find a map legend for geology view in tengraph. From what you are saying I take it the ground I'm looking at is laterite over greenstone = possible gold
My bad guys. I took greenstone literally. I did not realize it is a general term for granite. Defently no gold to be found in granite that's for sure.
Goldchaser1 said:shakergt said:goldierocks said:Yes, I agree - it narrows it down a bit. If the area is a past gold-producer as well, you are in a good place. There is hardly any gold at all in granite in WA, so avoid granite areas.shakergt said:spoon said:A= Archaean
b= Basalt, includes doleritic layers and lenses
is it good for gold? well your in the greenstone, thats a start
Thank you spoon. That is what I was after. For some reason I am not able to find a map legend for geology view in tengraph. From what you are saying I take it the ground I'm looking at is laterite over greenstone = possible gold
My bad guys. I took greenstone literally. I did not realize it is a general term for granite. Defently no gold to be found in granite that's for sure.
Dont discount areas with granite shaker,some good areas it wont be far away,i hate the stuff and usually run away as fast as i can but ive seen a couple of spots where its found amongst it,some rich areas will have it as a contact more or less i think,goldirocks is right about the eastern goldfields id say but up north ive seen deposits amongst it,one that stands out is the western edge of tamboura in the pilbara and down at reedys sth of meeka theres a alot of granite about,and like goldirocks mentions i know a couple of good areas in the eastern goldfields where it just pops up amongst the greenstones and laterite,looks quite out of place and not very inviting goldwise......
shakergt said:goldierocks said:Yes, I agree - it narrows it down a bit. If the area is a past gold-producer as well, you are in a good place. There is hardly any gold at all in granite in WA, so avoid granite areas.shakergt said:spoon said:A= Archaean
b= Basalt, includes doleritic layers and lenses
is it good for gold? well your in the greenstone, thats a start
Thank you spoon. That is what I was after. For some reason I am not able to find a map legend for geology view in tengraph. From what you are saying I take it the ground I'm looking at is laterite over greenstone = possible gold
My bad guys. I took greenstone literally. I did not realize it is a general term for granite. Defently no gold to be found in granite that's for sure.
My great great great grandpa apparently discovered the Margaret River goldfield (Thomas Moriarty).Ded Driver said:shakergt said:goldierocks said:Yes, I agree - it narrows it down a bit. If the area is a past gold-producer as well, you are in a good place. There is hardly any gold at all in granite in WA, so avoid granite areas.shakergt said:spoon said:A= Archaean
b= Basalt, includes doleritic layers and lenses
is it good for gold? well your in the greenstone, thats a start
Thank you spoon. That is what I was after. For some reason I am not able to find a map legend for geology view in tengraph. From what you are saying I take it the ground I'm looking at is laterite over greenstone = possible gold
My bad guys. I took greenstone literally. I did not realize it is a general term for granite. Defently no gold to be found in granite that's for sure.
hey Shakergt, my old man was working a bulldozer on construction of the Margaret River Dam back in the 90's & brought home some granite slabs that had wafer thin gold scattered thru it. We didn't crush it, but rather used it as a feature in his garden (they were big slabs, 2 guys couldn't carry them so they weren't going anywhere). The gold was so thin we figured it would be more effort than warranted to try & extract any gold from it.
Good for you! Many of our present major mines were in virtually insignificant goldfields until the 1970s and 1980s - Telfer, Boddington, Cloncurry region (old goldfield but completely new and distant and major areas), Olympic Dam area, Henty, Challenger. Some in the Gascoyne....mbasko said:
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