Gold ore?

[barbergirl27]

Hi. Im new to this site and just came across your thread, and thought you may be able to offer an objective perspective. Im finding these types of rock in my yard and creek behind my house and surrounding woods. I have a mountian of saphrolite.quartz, shiste rock, granites. And the creek travels down to a deep ravine .its right next door to me about 10 ft lower than I am .the creek is full of boulders. Bottom and each bank. Anyway I've been picking up rocks for a year, not digging more than a foot. But these look like they may have fine gold.,I've seen gold using a magnified camera. There is heavy mica as well. They sure look like the pictures of ore that I find on internet. Sorry if this is too long. Im still learning.

 

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[Eu_citzen]

Crush and pan to know for sure. Pic #4 is pegmatite, I'd try and find the source. If lucky, it may contain interesting minerals.

 

[HobbyHuntress]

Unfortunately, you're not really in an area that's known for gold, more granite, pyrite, and iron. I wouldn't spend a lot of time in this heat crushing rocks. Been there, done that...it's a pain!

You're better off looking for beryl. That's what's in Commerce

Download the Georgia Mineral Resource map from 1969 here

Have fun hunting!

 

[triple d]

The top right picture looks like arsenopyrite. If it is crush some I find it locally and i do get some fine gold out of it. A lot of work but fun when there nothing else to do. It also has a lot of mica in it. Some of the other rock may be worth checking also. There not surpost to be gold in the area. That I been finding it in either. Usually if its crumblely and rusty i will check it.

 

[Phreeze]

I live in north carolina and have found some interesting rocks that i think may contain gold or precious metals.

 

[Phreeze]

 

[DizzyDigger]

Phreeze...welcome to the site..

To get much of a response you'll need to start a new thread.

 

[russau]

Crush and pan to know for sure. Pic #4 is pegmatite, I'd try and find the source. If lucky, it may contain interesting minerals.

A Winter time project for sure !

 

[Jim in Idaho]

Crush and pan to know for sure. Pic #4 is pegmatite, I'd try and find the source. If lucky, it may contain interesting minerals.

Hey EU...really good to see you posting. For some reason I haven't seen your posts lately.
Jim

 

[OwenT]

Trying to identify a rock based on looking at pictures of other rocks usually doesn't work except in best-case scenarios. Lots of rocks are really messy and can come in many colors. Trying to identify a gold-bearing rock based on comparison to pictures that are out of context is probably no better than random chance. A rock containing gold could look exactly like another that has none. Also, finding a rock with visible gold on it is not very common, even if you are in an area where those kinds of mines are. Get your hands on some gold to see what it looks like so you can distinguish it from mica and pyrite, etc. Also learn about the minerals in your area. If there are gold mines around, usually you can learn that the gold is found in certain kinds of rocks and if it was big enough to see or not. A lot of times, gold ore doesn't even have visible gold.

 

[Ohiogoldfever]

I suppose one of the first things I would do is test the creek for gold. If you can’t find gold in the creek it’s not likely you’ll find ore in the creek bed.

If you do have gold, fine or otherwise then the rocks may be well worth investigating further. As said above the vast majority of the gold mined is very fine and often nearly on an elemental level. Just because you can’t see it in the rocks certainly doesn’t mean it’s not there.

They look interesting enough that I’d investigate further myself.

 

[SnowdogAk20]

Hi. Im new to this site and just came across your thread, and thought you may be able to offer an objective perspective. Im finding these types of rock in my yard and creek behind my house and surrounding woods. I have a mountian of saphrolite.quartz, shiste rock, granites. And the creek travels down to a deep ravine .its right next door to me about 10 ft lower than I am .the creek is full of boulders. Bottom and each bank. Anyway I've been picking up rocks for a year, not digging more than a foot. But these look like they may have fine gold.,I've seen gold using a magnified camera. There is heavy mica as well. They sure look like the pictures of ore that I find on internet. Sorry if this is too long. Im still learning.

If very heavy, perhaps copper minerals or even cinnabar...