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Hard Rock Gold Prospecting
Help with rock identification, please?
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<blockquote data-quote="Since1981" data-source="post: 199613" data-attributes="member: 3167"><p>Hi Folks - Im hoping a rockhound or geo can help me identify the type/genesis of the rock in the pics. </p><p>It comes from an old, small mine that produced 768g/t at the turn of the century. Its not the actual ore, but is in association with it. The actual gold they were chasing is in quite clear, clean, pinkish quartz in conjunction with ironstone. The rock in the pics is from the same shaft. There is quite a lot of it.</p><p>The shaft is located at the intersection of two sets of shear zones. Banded sheared gossan is exposed along shear zones. Not sure if you can see it in the pics, but the inner sections are quite crystalline around the hollows. The whole rock is quite friable, including the ironstone components, and has voids inside. Any clues?</p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3167/1445744366_img_0689.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3167/1445744860_img_0691.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p><p><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3167/1445745060_img_0690.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Since1981, post: 199613, member: 3167"] Hi Folks - Im hoping a rockhound or geo can help me identify the type/genesis of the rock in the pics. It comes from an old, small mine that produced 768g/t at the turn of the century. Its not the actual ore, but is in association with it. The actual gold they were chasing is in quite clear, clean, pinkish quartz in conjunction with ironstone. The rock in the pics is from the same shaft. There is quite a lot of it. The shaft is located at the intersection of two sets of shear zones. Banded sheared gossan is exposed along shear zones. Not sure if you can see it in the pics, but the inner sections are quite crystalline around the hollows. The whole rock is quite friable, including the ironstone components, and has voids inside. Any clues? [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3167/1445744366_img_0689.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3167/1445744860_img_0691.jpg[/img] [img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/3167/1445745060_img_0690.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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