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[chief701]

Can anyone that lives in Indiana tell me if any gold been found around Vermillion, Vigo or Park countries in Indiana

 

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[charlotte49er]

Gold occurrences in Indiana are due to the Pleistocene glacial movements,
which deposited gold in varying amount in the glacial morains from unkown source
in Canada. No natural veins bearing gold or natural placer are in Indiana.
Still, gold panning of many of the glacer deposits in the streams produce small
amounts of gold. So anything is possible.
[h=1]BROWN COUNTY, INDIANA[/h][h=2]ABOUT BROWN COUNTY[/h]In all glacier drifts throughout the county you can find placer gold with an
occasional diamond.
[h=3]Greenhorn Creek[/h]Greenhorn Creek is said to carry gold bearing sand.
[h=3]Salt Creek[/h]Flour to coarse, some pickers and an occasional nugget has been found by me
and others. The gold is in gravel bars and also in the gravels directly above
the shale bedrock. Pickers and small nuggets are found in the cracks and
crevices in the bedrock.Also their are garnets, fossils and the occasional
diamond. Finding gold in Indiana requires a lot of patience, but the gold is
there! Indiana gold is heavy and very bright.

MONROE COUNTY INDIANA
[h=3]Monroe County[/h]I recommend the book "Gold & Diamonds in Indiana" from the Department of
Geology in Bloomington. It cost only $2.00 and gives stream locations in Morgan
and Monroe counties. This book is highly recommended for Indiana gold seekers.

Gold Creek

Contains placer gold.
[h=3]Indian Creek[/h]Contains Placer gold.
[h=3]Sycamore Creek[/h]Contains placer gold.

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MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA

All regional stream and creek gravels and all glacial drifts contain panning
gold.
[h=3]Gold Creek[/h]Along Gold Creek in the gravel bars you can find gold, diamonds, zircons,
sapphires and rubies.
[h=3]Greenhorn Creek[/h]Along Greenhorn Creek, near Wilbur, you can find gold in the creek gravels.
All of the other streams near Wilbur also have gold.
[h=3]Highland Creek[/h]Highland Creek is located 7 miles north by northwest of Martinsville in
Johnson County and I am told that the gravel deposits and stream sandbars have
gold that can be obtained by panning. Also diamonds have been found
[h=3]Sycamore Creek[/h]I have found gold there each time I have went prospecting. The gold is very
fine and the best comes out of the gravel in the banks. The bed rock is Shale
and is worn smooth so It doesn't hold the gold well. It is a good way to spend
an afternoon but you won't get rich.Their are many creeks in Northern Indiana
that have fine gold in them. Most do not have good bed rock. The gold is best
found in the gravel in the banks. Most of the gravel in the banks has been there
for 10 thousand years since the last Glacial period. Many times it is laying on
a clay layer or on slick shale. Any place that has gravel will have some
gold.

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WARREN COUNTY, INDIANA
[h=3]Falls Creek[/h]Take US41 south from I80/94 if coming from northern Illinois or Indiana or
US26 West to US41 South if coming from I65. At the point where US41 splits off
into US 63 to Attica why stay on US41 South another mile or so until you pass an
overpass and see some highway maintenance buildings on your left. Turn left at
that point . This road shortly turns into a dirt road and is not shown on most
road maps. It is called Twin Bridges Road. Follow it until it dead ends at a
bridge. This will be Potholes Road. You will be roughly 5-8 miles northwest of
Attica,Indiana. There are 2 creeks here. They both have gold. It tends to be
mostly flour with some flakes about 1/8 inch. The larger creek has most of the
gold. It is in the gravel bars and the rotten shale . My friend dredges for it
and has found some wheat grain size nuggets. I dowse for it and have found gold
every time with my homemade rods. It is a very nice place to bring the family
to. Bring your fishing license and pole and swim suit and camera. The smaller
creek has a couple of waterfalls and lots of bathtub size potholes to splash in
hence the name of the second road. A private group maintains this area but it is
open to the public. There is a campground nearby, Summers campground. They take
cash only so bring some. It's less than 5 miles from the creek. A lot of kids
come here during the summer to play. We come to mine and have a good time.

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WAYNE COUNTY, INDIANA
[h=3]Nolands Fork Creek[/h]Large amounts of placer and pickers found above and below US 40 and 70 did do
some work with 2 inch dreadge found good amounts every time was able to get
permison for acsses by almost every owner of property.

Here's a group you maybe interested in joining: Midwest Prospector

Also Chuck Lassiter has written a book, Midwest Gold Prospecting you might want to think about.
The Book

Hope all tihs helps, Charlotte49er (Brian @ Gold Rush Guys)

 

[63bkpkr]

Wow charlotte49er that is a heaping pile of information, well done! If you don't mind, what source did that come from?............63bkpkr

 

[chief701]

Thank u Charlotte49er that is very helpful. Is that a good book by chuck I seen it on the internet. I got this book from the state called Gold and Diamonds in Indiana

 

[charlotte49er]

Wow charlotte49er that is a heaping pile of information, well done! If you don't mind, what source did that come from?............63bkpkr

2 sources. One is a webstie called Iowa Gold WHERE_TO_FIND_GOLD_USA
They have a page that has information on just about every state and where to find gold.

The other is that, I grew up in Southern Indiana and searched for the Yellar stuff from age 10 until I left the state at 22 years old. (I graduated from Indiana State with Larry Bird!) I thought I found gold playing a creek when I was 10, but turned out to be Pyrite. (But I was hooked, or bitten. LOL)

There's a real good "White Paper" (Research paper) that was done on the Richmond, IN area down to southern Ohio on gold in the Whitewater river. (I never found any, but they say it's there.) LOL It's on my old computer. If I ever hook it back up, I'll pull it off and send or post a copy of it. I can post only if it's not copywrited.

The book on Midwestern Gold you can get on amazon as well from the Midwest Prospector's site.

I'm not sure what the rules are about prospecting in Brown County State Park. I know there is gold in the area. (State parks will run from pans only to pans, sluices and shovels. Depends on the state, and the rangers some times.)

I hope all this helps. Brian

 

[63bkpkr]

Absolutely does help and thank you for the follow up..........63bkpkr

 

[Goodyguy]

Here is a FREE copy of Gold and Diamonds in Indiana....
It's actually the out of print much sought after 1903 version by Willis Blatchley

https://scholarworks.iu.edu/dspace/bitstream/handle/2022/6834/27_1.pdf