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Is this worth further investigation? - Macclesfield Private Property
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<blockquote data-quote="SonofOak" data-source="post: 631019" data-attributes="member: 21954"><p>Hi guys,</p><p></p><p>Just after a little assistance - my Uncle owns about 20 acres in Macclesfield, not too far away from the Mineshaft Reserve....I've done a little reading on Gold in the area, and know that there was a little gold found, but doesn't appear to be too much info from what I could find.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, he has a creek running right through the property which I explored today. It's a heavily tree-ferned area, and for the most part the creek has mud banks....I stuck a stick in at one point and around 500mm until you hit something solid.</p><p></p><p>I stumbled across one section however which was a white/grey clay deposit - right after this very narrow channel that the water has been cutting away at - note the creek is very small so I'm not talking large scale here.</p><p></p><p>On it were quantities of quartz, so I decided to do a couple test pans just skimming the gravels up and a small layer of clay. Reduced to black sand and managed to find a nano-fleck of gold in the first pan - did a couple more pans after that but nothing more as I ran out of time.</p><p></p><p>I don't know, but the gravel colours look good to me and is this white-ish clay pipeclay?</p><p></p><p>Last thing I did for the day was dig a big clay chunk out of the creekbed, about 400mm down and noticed that there are quartz pieces even at the bottom......</p><p></p><p>Is this worth investigation further? - or can someone shed some light on similar experiences in the area?</p><p></p><p>Photos attached (hopefully)<img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/21954/1641897774_1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/21954/1641897795_2.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /><img src="https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/21954/1641897811_3.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SonofOak, post: 631019, member: 21954"] Hi guys, Just after a little assistance - my Uncle owns about 20 acres in Macclesfield, not too far away from the Mineshaft Reserve....I've done a little reading on Gold in the area, and know that there was a little gold found, but doesn't appear to be too much info from what I could find. Anyway, he has a creek running right through the property which I explored today. It's a heavily tree-ferned area, and for the most part the creek has mud banks....I stuck a stick in at one point and around 500mm until you hit something solid. I stumbled across one section however which was a white/grey clay deposit - right after this very narrow channel that the water has been cutting away at - note the creek is very small so I'm not talking large scale here. On it were quantities of quartz, so I decided to do a couple test pans just skimming the gravels up and a small layer of clay. Reduced to black sand and managed to find a nano-fleck of gold in the first pan - did a couple more pans after that but nothing more as I ran out of time. I don't know, but the gravel colours look good to me and is this white-ish clay pipeclay? Last thing I did for the day was dig a big clay chunk out of the creekbed, about 400mm down and noticed that there are quartz pieces even at the bottom...... Is this worth investigation further? - or can someone shed some light on similar experiences in the area? Photos attached (hopefully)[img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/21954/1641897774_1.jpg[/img][img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/21954/1641897795_2.jpg[/img][img]https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/21954/1641897811_3.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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