Can't help there unfortunately, I'm more of a day tripper and dont end up digging deep. Good luck!
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'Gold drifts' are the buried layers of gravel in which gold was deposited by erosion and stream/river action millenia ago - see more details here:
https://www.startyourowngoldmine.co...-gold/gold-prospecting-auriferous-drifts.html
Most of these were discovered in the old goldrush days and exploited by subsequent mining activity, so without sinking shafts down to the bedrock level in unmined ground, tailings from old mining are probably your only option.
Thanks heaps mate! Kinda what I was thinking, been looking at old geology maps and am trying to pin point areas, I've found where the upper, middle and lower gold drifts are in Pliocene and associated with some mines, but would you know which of the three would be better to find gemstones in the tailings? Won't bother with gold in tailings without a detector, but would be happy to sieve stones for a day
No, sorry - that's outside my limited knowledge of geology.Thanks heaps mate! Kinda what I was thinking, been looking at old geology maps and am trying to pin point areas, I've found where the upper, middle and lower gold drifts are in Pliocene and associated with some mines, but would you know which of the three would be better to find gemstones in the tailings? Won't bother with gold in tailings without a detector, but would be happy to sieve stones for a day
Can't help either. Im sure you'll do well with all this research. Make sure you tell us how you do, there's many keen people who would love to revisit this area. Also, do some research on the ridge road quarry in Daylesford. Haven't been there myself, but it seems promising.Thanks heaps mate! Kinda what I was thinking, been looking at old geology maps and am trying to pin point areas, I've found where the upper, middle and lower gold drifts are in Pliocene and associated with some mines, but would you know which of the three would be better to find gemstones in the tailings? Won't bother with gold in tailings without a detector, but would be happy to sieve stones for a day
Nah no worries cheers mate! You've helped me out plenty already, I've been searching far and wide but seems minimal info on gems in the GT compared to elsewhere, guess they just always focused on the gold
Cheers mate will look into it, quick google shows it seems VERY close to town, hopefully I can still have a dig there!
Will for sure post updates when I come back
Seems to be crown land and all good, was worried because I saw houses in each directionCheers mate will look into it, quick google shows it seems VERY close to town, hopefully I can still have a dig there!
Will for sure post updates when I come back
tho i would love a house somewhere like that
This old thread may be of assistance:Nah no worries cheers mate! You've helped me out plenty already, I've been searching far and wide but seems minimal info on gems in the GT compared to elsewhere, guess they just always focused on the gold
https://www.prospectingaustralia.co...ocalities-published-1933-digitised-1982.3557/
I did have a look at that post, and that list seems to be pretty much the exact same as the list in the second book I quoted earlier (how to find Australian gemstones by Derrick and Doug Stone), even says opals at Daylesford as well
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