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Hard Rock Gold Prospecting
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<blockquote data-quote="Matt80" data-source="post: 412044" data-attributes="member: 3461"><p>I'm no expert on these things, but from what lve seen/read the main reef may be near barren but it may intersect with other reefs at an angle that have the gold. So you might be following a big thick white quartz reef but only really be interested in the thinner horribly dirty looking quartz (heavily mineralised) reefs that cross the larger reef. In some areas relatively small reefs or stockworks(spiderweb looking quartz) will be quite small but quite rich, but only some of them will be so while one may be rich the next may be worthless. As pointed out countless times by others, hard rock mining requires lots and lots of sampling, the more samples you do the more likely you will understand what's going on in that spot/area. If you just wanted to see if there is anything at all in there then your best bet is to look for the most disgustingly dirty horrible looking quartz or heavily mineralised area next to the Quartz and try that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Matt80, post: 412044, member: 3461"] I'm no expert on these things, but from what lve seen/read the main reef may be near barren but it may intersect with other reefs at an angle that have the gold. So you might be following a big thick white quartz reef but only really be interested in the thinner horribly dirty looking quartz (heavily mineralised) reefs that cross the larger reef. In some areas relatively small reefs or stockworks(spiderweb looking quartz) will be quite small but quite rich, but only some of them will be so while one may be rich the next may be worthless. As pointed out countless times by others, hard rock mining requires lots and lots of sampling, the more samples you do the more likely you will understand what's going on in that spot/area. If you just wanted to see if there is anything at all in there then your best bet is to look for the most disgustingly dirty horrible looking quartz or heavily mineralised area next to the Quartz and try that. [/QUOTE]
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