We want to thank each and every one of you for helping us make 2022 a fantastic year with incredible adventures as we met so many wonderful new people .We want to hear all your stories of what Gold you have found throughout the Year and what new ideas and adventures you plan to do for 2023.We wish everyone a very Golden New Year and let's make 2023 the best Year ever. Jeff, Lila and Slim
Happy New Year Jeff and Family. Iv got a question, is granite a igneous rock? I know metamorphic rocks are created under heat and pressure and I often notice the layering in the grains in them. But granite seems different. Can you help me shed some like on the different ways to the different between ingenious and metamorphic. I know this sounds like a stupid question but I’m trying to learn and understand.
@@BustedknucklesProspecting imagine the life cycle of rock in a circle, Igneouse being molten and then solidified. Sedimentary being eroded once solidified igneouse. Metamorphic being heat and preasure altered Sedimentary and it goes back to molten again. Granite is molten rock or magma that solidified under high preasure conditions before reaching the surface forming dense crystals but is still classified as igneouse.
Happy New Year to you too!! Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge with us for so many years. I was a mechanic before I started watching you. But I did see a few of those.... Like I said, I’ve been here a while. Happy 2023!!!
Thank you, Jeff. I have been detecting, dredging, and panning gold for 33 years. I've found great gold. However, I found a vein in the Central Cascades unearthed by a huge slide after winter. You are the Only man I've found that easily explains the geologic process I need to look for in load deposits! Thank you Jeff
Cheers for posting! Looking for advice: My wallet on O K X holds some USDT TRX20, and I thave the recovery phrase. {clean party soccer advance audit clean evil finish tonight involve whip action}..What’s the best way can I posting sending them to transferring them?
Love the fact you liked every comment left by your fans. You are one of the few who actually go thru all the comments and just know it is very much appreciated! Love this channel!
My gold is highly specific occurring in plio/Pleistocene metasediments that are non-marine/lucustrine that were implications of churn near large fault zones in the early miocene and volcanism in the mid miocene. The gold is in non-sorted, broken breciated rock complexes. It was this channel that got me interested in the environment that the origin of gold comes from. This allowed me to avoid the known spots that were trashed heavily and find the areas where the gold would be that haven’t been hit yet. I’m no geologist and I feel I may have missed a calling simply because I love that aspect of it all most. Thanks to Jeff for sparking this interest for sure. I have just over a year of hard study and loving the continued education into geology.
you are doing great and yes it is about finding the lodes that have been missed and using Geology to solve the puzzle ..... keep at it and when you do find it ....tell no one
Ok, my grandfather used to live in arizona. He used to tell me how he would walk the creeks and such to look for black sand. From your vids i now know that its magatite. He used to bucket up that sand and put it through a discrimiter. Very fine gold was found there. When he sold the place, he left it all behind.
I’m getting started in this world but I had great grandparents that were involved in southern oregon mining way way back. Your videos are so important to me. Thank you for sharing and making it quality.
Hey Jeff, You are spot on about AZ. I know of 3 large copper deposits that contain some decent size nuggets. One of them is claimed by the Roadrunners.
A great video, but I wouldn't expect anything else! I especially enjoy these educational videos. You and Lila have a great new year and I'm looking forward to some more great explores next year! ❤
Eldorado county is mostly metamorphic deposits. However there are several famous historic gold strikes in the area that were found in sedimentary deposits as well. very zoned here.
Thanks for the lesson, wish I could go on one of your trips. This is from the area where I used to live, also the source of a lot of placer in the area: The vein system is hosted by the Rossland monzonite which is comprised of a biotite-hornblende-augite monzonite stock that intrudes augite porphyry of the Rossland sill. The Le Roi vein was formed by mineralization replacing wallrock along well defined fractures and by filling fractures and faults with pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. The gangue consists of altered host rock with lenses of quartz and calcite. Actinolite forms rosettes of silky green needles between chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. Minor pyrite occurs as well formed crystals in the pyrrhotite and as disseminations in the host rock. Garnet crystals are associated with the pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite which occur in fractures with quartz. Native silver has been reported in pyrrhotite rich ore from the Le Roi central zone. It occurs as blebs along the grain contacts of pyrrhotite and at the contacts of pyrrhotite with magnetite and gangue. Small grains of a silver bearing mineral, probably stromeyerite, with heavy surface stain are associated with the silver.
Jeff I just wanted to Thank you for all the information you provide on geology . By the way while watching the History Channel, I was in the other room and heard this voice talking about the iron dagger of King Tut ... low and behold, Jeff Williams, geologist. Awesome 👍🙂
Happy new year Jeff and family. Thanks for the great lesson on different deposits great to know when looking for new spots to work. Thanks for the video
Thank you for the lesson, you do a great job of it. The best mining advice I got from a old timer, which I now am was... "DIG DIG DIG then Dig some more"
I find my Gold in the rocks , you know what I’m going to say ! The rocks In the pay dirt bags 😂 Thanks for all the videos this year, loved them. Can’t wait for next year. Happy New Year to all and that help you to get it all done.
Here in North Georgia is still some placer deposits ,but few are left so 95% is still buried deep under the water table, BTW I was watching you since you use to give Automotive tips in your shop. Thank you for all the information
@@Askjeffwilliams you should come over here to Georgia and film some videos about the gold rushes here, differences between the gold here vs. out west, and why the mines here have virtually been abandoned. Just an idea. I think your viewers would enjoy that.
Hey Jeff, in answer to your question, most of the gold around here is placer deposit, probably greenstone in origin. While it's flour gold usually, Mr. Dyer down Southern Ohio way has pulled up some bits out that are much chunkier. The problem is that most people outside of the hobby are either oblivious, or will insist that there ain't no gold in Ohio. I've tried to get permission to pan parts of Pymatuning Creek (untouched, but they did find gold in the Shenango nearby years ago), but most of the farmers look at me like I've grown a third eye, so it's pan a little here and there whenever I can.
Hey Jeff, even though New Mexico is relatively poor in gold and sliver deposits, there have been a handful of strikes in the state. I'd love to see a video of you prospecting in NM.
Jeff all that knowledge and handsome too it’s fantastic listening to a man who really knows his craft and loves to spread his knowledge amongst the people that’s why this channel is so important for the future of gold mining and prospecting other precious metals minerals and gemstones 💎.So here’s to Jeff and Lila and the rest of the gang hope you have a wonderful 2023 from your old pal here in Bonnie Scotland 🏴 ❤
Thank you for elaborating on the different types of deposits Jeff. It helps guide all us greenhorns in the right direction. Jeff Williams for president! 🤠👍👍
A Real 'Salt' of the earth would be a Presidential Delight. A money-rich gambler in NV would find a Golden Nugget just being with you. Think what a good choice your Presidency would be for the young people of your country. Just never give up.
Some of the mining district in the Sierras are really interesting to walk around. I know one spot that is a contact zone between a granitic plutonic intrusion and a huge dolomite body. The contact is loaded with a huge range of minerals. A copper mine with bornite was the primary ore was established in the skarn, but the terrain was so rugged the mine couldn't afford the wear and tear and up keep even with a tremendously rich ore transporting the ore. Oddly, no gold to speak of. There are something 60 odd other sulfide minerals, as well as grossular garnet, and a natural cave right across the river from the mine. Another farther north and much higher had really rich, gold and copper bearing deposits, but they are only about six feet deep. Below that granite. Above that glaciers came by and wiped the rest of the minerals away and converted them to alluvial gold deposited down stream. Most of the gold I've seen was alluvial. The most unique was a piece of wire gold in a white quartz arrowhead.
Thanks for such informative content Mr. MyNameIsJeff 8) Well structured, detail packed and sprinkled with humor. O, and can't forget the infrequent nuggets of METAL!!! 🤘🤘🤘 Gives new meaning to the "School of ROCK!" Keep up the good work, appreciate every bit. Happy New Year!
I found my gold at a jewelry store. Lol I love watching your videos, so much information for us to find our own gold. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and positive energy with us. Looking forward for more to come. Thank you
I have my degree but I have been having difficulty finding a job so I’ve been watching these types of videos and reading my geology books to freshen up
Legend video Jeff I love the way you make the geology so much less scary to someone like me who’s learning I’ve watched both Australian US even NZ gold videos but none of them come close to the knowledge you have and the way you teach it
This video, blew my mind. Information overload. I am a blue baby from birth, the cord was wrapped around my neck. I have a hard time learning. Was this way all my life, but still interested, Professor.
9:31 i just read an article today that talked about gold deposition from earthquakes interacting with the piezoelectric qualities of quartz to zap the gold out of solution
Happy new year, Jeff! I hope it's better than last year it's been a rough one for so many people. Thanks for the information in this video, God bless you and your family!
Please excuse my ignorance. I have found a 8-12 foot, band of red black hard rock, within my creek . The creek runs all year except for back in 2006, during that drought. Ive been panning, from time to time just as a hobby. Ive been finding the most placerd flakes right after this band of rock formation. My question is,. Is this a significant formality?
Hey Jeff, This lesson was so good I bookmarked it. Now I can easily find and watch again. And, I'm going to get your book because I want to become as gold-smart as you!
Hello, our expert. I am from the state of Mauritania. We have a lot of gold, but we lack experience in extraction. We work in primitive ways in Zaybak. I would love to show you a picture of a rock crane from Al-Ahly.
I live in an area with VERY unique geology. 3 different gold depositing events and mega volcano's make for some VERY confusing prospecting.. Drake NSW Australia...
Hey Jeff, most of my mines around the kingman/mcconnico area is fissure faults in a mesothermal zone.... meaning im working a fissure which consists of a mixture of quartz and sulphide banding just as you mentioned and I DO roast the sulphides. The sulphides include iron pyrite, galena and chalcopyrite. The fissure is just loaded with mineralization and if im not mistaken there is very high chances of sulphides carrying precious metals. The fissure itself is near vertical and is 2 ledges four to five feet apart. When I first acquired the mine im currently working they started that as just a trench but then sometime later on they ended up fully timbering the trench into a portal then driving a shaft down. They only got to like 12 feet and timbered it like they was going to go down further but stopped for some reason and since I've had the mine I drove the shaft about another 50 feet or so. The mine is actually very stable and doesn't require much timbering, if any at all because the ledges are made up of very hard rock. One ledge is gneiss while the other ledge is of a quartzitic nature. Only thing I did as I further drove the shaft is loaded stulls every 8 feet with 3 stulls each 8 feet, one in the middle and one at each end horizontally so that I can lay planks when I extend my ladders down in there as I'm driving the shaft. And yes I do dig hitches for the stulls to set in then I wedge them into the hitches. As for my ladders, I run crosspieces that I can tack my ladders to. I use to just bolt my ladders directly to the footwall with 10 inch lagbolts cemented into the rock because I have heard some mines have done that before but the only problem with that is if the rock wall shifts so I started adding the 4 by 4 crosspeices to tack my ladders to in case I need to do maintenance on them.
sounds like a good operation ...would love to see interior pics of it if you can ....must be over by the lookout placer ..... there is another one called the Holly Mosses mine ....not far from there too
SLIM! Hope you and your family had a truly amazing Christmas? Here's to a very Happy, Healthy & Blessed New Year and 2023 to you all. Stay safe & take it easy over there. (I'll watch this video later Jeff, as it's just gone 1am here!! Stay safe.)
*Hey Jeff! My name ain't Jeff and I live on the East Coast. I would greatly appreciate you doing a breakdown of the geology of gold deposits in North and South Carolina in the Gold Belt. I bet you have a lot of Subbers that would love to have you cover it. SO COM'ON! LETS GO! ;D*
Merry Christmas and happy new year Jeff. I was once told by a prospector that here where I live Victoria Australia the geology is same as California because the land was once joined to each other. Interesting video Jeff. I love your work.
Lake Superior Beach - Igneous/Copper silver iron gold/Greenstone. All sorts of fun stuff going on in the rocks up there! Pretty much all of the above in the UP! Then there's the Rock Elm Disturbance. Gold brought up by meteorite impact!
YEEHAW !! 2022 was a great year ! Found a spot yielding chunky placer gold running about 1.5 grams/yd. Discovered what appears to be vent that could be part of the source. And of course, we got the Gold Rattler commercial prototype wash plant up and running, and it's catching lots of gold ! Looking forward to a fantastic 2023, getting the Gold Rattler in production, explore that vent, and maybe start digging a drift mine ? And best of all, we're traveling to Nome, AK, to get some Bering Sea Gold ! Care to join me ? Love your education videos ! We smashed that LIKE button and hit the Share button to show our friends. Good luck next year my Brother !!!
I know...right ....you got yourself some really good looking chunky goodness there my brother.... thanks and we are too .....really curious about the vent ....will help ya sink a shaft if need be .... wow thats fantastic ..... we have that on the list but more into the interior ...thanks again Allan and you to my brother
At 2:50. This brings back memories of cartoons in my childhood. In mines, the tracks were always headed downward and the trams too! I flash back to it when he says this stuff. Look at some old Yosemite Sam cartoons! Crack me up, Jeff! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I NEVER would've put that together if you hadn't reminded me of it. 😂😂😂😂😂
I recenty found a rusty layer directly above a gravel layer on a river. It contains goldin every pan. My question isshould I work the rusty material or dig under it? Below the gravel?
try panning the oxides first to the contact zone..... then pan the gravel zone all the way through up to the contact zone ....then compare ...you will have your answer
@@Askjeffwilliams SPECIAL? Like a date with Raquel Welch special? Or a bag of ole' shiney special. My lady has been in hospital brother so very distracted. F-Covid !
Your videos are so important to me. Thank you for sharing and making it quality. I wish you and yours a very Golden New Year and I know that you will make 2023 the best Year ever in all of your endeavors!
We wanted to purchase your book but do not want to be forced to become patrons. We enjoy your videos which you get paid for with every view by me and others. I am shocked that us paying $35 for the book is not enough. Crazy town
Hi Jeff! I actually work at the geothermal plants here in Nevada. So, what you're telling me is...that I should take the dirt from drilling the wells home and pan it?😂 Or just look around the actual hot springs for the low sulfidation that you mentioned?
I find the information awesome. Learning more about Geology is fascinating stuff. The bonus is if it leads to Au. Just go ahead and bore the others. I will go for the Golden New Year! Great video and educational too.
G'day, Jeff, Thanks for all the videos, I really enjoy your attitude, and your balance of jests with seriousness, it's such a good time. Have a great day, champion!
As an underground miner in a low yield mine I entered a level of the mine that I had not yet encountered. I found the "Loci" and highballed to the surface where the levels intersected. The mine was dark like the inside of a cow. We only had our head lamps powered by a belt mounted battery. The belt also supported a escape kit in a metal can and a rap wrench to tighten up loose fittings. Later I used the Loci to restock explosives in the magazine.
I found a few tiny specs in the massive amounts of black sand along the shoreline of lake Michigan in Wisconsin. Not much around here. My understanding is that there's a place called Nugget Lake County Park. It's said that a meteorite made of gold hit there. I'm going to try there next summer.
Always good info Jeff, thank you! I have noticed small olivene stringers within the granite of the bradshaw mountains and found placer with green stones in my pan. Is that #10?
happy new yr guys.. there's a place north joshua national park california... close to the Chocolate Mountains,, many yrs ago we hiked the top of a black mountain.. which was cristal black rocks but on the top was all white quartz .. huge vains running down like two mountains run into each other and disspear halh ways down, the ony way to see it it's from the sky or on top.. i remember it was rich in glassy rocks .. back then we were just mountaniers did't know what we were looking at,, thanks for all your videos i been watching all of them and thanks to you i had my own adventures hunting gold and you guys are a reason that got me started ..... happy Holidays and God bless you
Limestone quarry on texeda island in bc canada has deposits at the bottom of the limestone cap the limestone is the principal product but they do okay on the contact zone too.i should see if I can talk to theyre geologist and see if they could give me a look as I live very close by always been curious about it
As usually good digging, my gold is carried by water. The geology report of 64 says NO GOLD, but hey i found some ;) My guess is glacier gold, checked a lot of iron stained quartz and nothing found "visible", so for this coming year i got my self a helper. Happy 23 may it bring peace for all of us.
Hi Jeff, I live in Indonesia, rich in minerals but almost all associated with sulfites. I know I have to roast them to turn from sulfites to oxides but may you have some more information about this tricky rocks? Thanks for your videos and I wish you a great New Year 2023.
There's an outfit online called Action Mining and I was told plus I think I seen somewhere that they sell a special flux that is specially made just for high sulphidic ores. It's supposed to automatically oxide the sulphides without having to roast them but I searched thier website and couldn't find the flux listed. I have to roast the sulphides that comes out of my mines too because the ground is super sulphidic so I figured I'd try this flux Action Mining supposedly has but can't find. Maybe Jeff knows more about that flux and how to go about getting it. 🤔
@@dawnac6453 yes we have recommended them for years and they have great products and services.... we have that exact flux in our shop and are about to test it on refractory ore ..... here is the link to that Flux ....its on page 12 www.actionmining.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AMSCatalog-sept-ol.pdf
@@Askjeffwilliams hi and thanks so much Jeff! That's exactly the stuff I was meaning. I believe the ores in my mines is that refractory ore and im dying to try that stuff out. Once I get some I will try it and update on it. :)
I am going to a gully this week and about four feet up above the water line is a blue gray clay layer with about one foot of cobbles above, then a layer of dirt, I believe it is the old creek and plan to dig back into and down to that layer, the area has plenty of gold, especially after heavy rain. I am hoping to find the source. Hny!
@@Askjeffwilliams That did not 'Pan Out' so to speak, hit bedrock within two feet. Although I am happy with the theory and believe I did learn something. I also learnt that if you have an itch, scratch it and then move on. This is little gully has taught me many lesson over the last year and half, happy new years'
I seem to be in a hodgepodge geological area. I'm in Yreka CA, Klamath Mountain region. Mt Shasta on the east, Marble Mountain to the west. Basically it looks like a whole lot of different geology was loaded into a giant mixer, gave a quick whirl and dumped out. I can't make heads or tails out of it. Most especially in the Humbug Mining District to the west of here. Intrusion dykes every which way. Gold Districts of California Bulletin 199, 119? is about as clear as mud for this area. The colored map was still with it, but it doesn't seem to jive with the descriptions in the bulletin.
Happy New Year Jeff. I hope to meet you one day around Nevada. I'm in Sparks but the family and I go exploring alot. This summer some more gold explorations. Thank you for everything you do.
Yaaaahhhhhooooooo boh I've been waiting on these ones I need to get back on Patreon so I can get back in contact with you my friend..my wife and I are thinking this is the year we start
Awesome video. Jeff I'm a prospector living in KY, I spend a lot of time in other states prospecting and mining however I'm starting a new adventure in my home state. I've done a lot of research and I believe there is not enough gold to mine here. However, I believe there is silver and platinum just from research. I have some ideas are where to start based off some maps but I need some professional advice from a good geologist like yourself. I figured I would just ask Jeff Williams.
Once again very informative I own 20 acres in Southwestern Oregon on a mountain that's obviously a hydrothermal vent with the quartz vein that is yielded Trace gold
I was planning creeks in the high sulfadation region around Helena Montana on a day when a volcano erupted in Washington state. Had to head for cover before we were covered in ash, or the lighting started a forest fire. Fun day though. Question. Iused to find a lot of pyrite around the quartz veins I'd find. Is there any connection between the fools gold, Mica, and the real gold that leads to higher concentrations to the (right kind of ) shiny?
We want to thank each and every one of you for helping us make 2022 a fantastic year with incredible adventures as we met so many wonderful new people .We want to hear all your stories of what Gold you have found throughout the Year and what new ideas and adventures you plan to do for 2023.We wish everyone a very Golden New Year and let's make 2023 the best Year ever. Jeff, Lila and Slim
Happy New Year Jeff and Family.
Iv got a question, is granite a igneous rock?
I know metamorphic rocks are created under heat and pressure and I often notice the layering in the grains in them.
But granite seems different.
Can you help me shed some like on the different ways to the different between ingenious and metamorphic.
I know this sounds like a stupid question but I’m trying to learn and understand.
@@BustedknucklesProspecting imagine the life cycle of rock in a circle, Igneouse being molten and then solidified. Sedimentary being eroded once solidified igneouse. Metamorphic being heat and preasure altered Sedimentary and it goes back to molten again. Granite is molten rock or magma that solidified under high preasure conditions before reaching the surface forming dense crystals but is still classified as igneouse.
Happy New Year to you too!!
Thank you for sharing all of your knowledge with us for so many years.
I was a mechanic before I started watching you. But I did see a few of those....
Like I said, I’ve been here a while.
Happy 2023!!!
Happy newyear an thanks for the video. Godbless y'all
Be Golden Jeff and please give a howl out to 2023 this new year's 1st ... If the Lord willing we'll all have a good one ...
Thank you, professor Williams.
you betcha
Thank you, Jeff. I have been detecting, dredging, and panning gold for 33 years. I've found great gold. However, I found a vein in the Central Cascades unearthed by a huge slide after winter. You are the Only man I've found that easily explains the geologic process I need to look for in load deposits! Thank you Jeff
thats great ....keep us posted on that one and tell know one the location
Cheers for posting! Looking for advice: My wallet on O K X holds some USDT TRX20, and I thave the recovery phrase. {clean party soccer advance audit clean evil finish tonight involve whip action}..What’s the best way can I posting sending them to transferring them?
I recovered 6.1oz of AU off that slide!! Best day ever
N. Of St. Helen's Wa.
These underground lectures are priceless Jeff.
thanks
Love the fact you liked every comment left by your fans. You are one of the few who actually go thru all the comments and just know it is very much appreciated! Love this channel!
thanks pharmd4830 ....yes we read everyone of them and respond to as many as possible ....its the least we can do for our audience
Love the geology lessons
Thanks for the school on rock and gold deposition! Such a cool topic of conversation. Happy New Year Jeff, Slim and crew!
My gold is highly specific occurring in plio/Pleistocene metasediments that are non-marine/lucustrine that were implications of churn near large fault zones in the early miocene and volcanism in the mid miocene. The gold is in non-sorted, broken breciated rock complexes.
It was this channel that got me interested in the environment that the origin of gold comes from. This allowed me to avoid the known spots that were trashed heavily and find the areas where the gold would be that haven’t been hit yet.
I’m no geologist and I feel I may have missed a calling simply because I love that aspect of it all most.
Thanks to Jeff for sparking this interest for sure. I have just over a year of hard study and loving the continued education into geology.
you are doing great and yes it is about finding the lodes that have been missed and using Geology to solve the puzzle ..... keep at it and when you do find it ....tell no one
Ok, my grandfather used to live in arizona. He used to tell me how he would walk the creeks and such to look for black sand. From your vids i now know that its magatite. He used to bucket up that sand and put it through a discrimiter. Very fine gold was found there. When he sold the place, he left it all behind.
thank you for sharing that
Most amazing understand of geolgy I've ever had explained to me. Amazing to watch 12 years of your life in a few days of mine.
Happy New Year Professor Jeff, Lila, & Slim! Thanks for doing a geology video. Really enjoy learning the jargon! Be safe Jeff! See ya soon!!!!!
I’m getting started in this world but I had great grandparents that were involved in southern oregon mining way way back. Your videos are so important to me. Thank you for sharing and making it quality.
thanks and you betcha ...always our pleasure
Hey Jeff, You are spot on about AZ. I know of 3 large copper deposits that contain some decent size nuggets. One of them is claimed by the Roadrunners.
I love the geology lessons, sometimes it gets crazy out in the field thanks 🙏
A great video, but I wouldn't expect anything else! I especially enjoy these educational videos. You and Lila have a great new year and I'm looking forward to some more great explores next year! ❤
thanks Joanne , really appreciate that ....you to my friend and we are to ...be safe out there and keep us posted
Eldorado county is mostly metamorphic deposits. However there are several famous historic gold strikes in the area that were found in sedimentary deposits as well. very zoned here.
Thanks for the lesson, wish I could go on one of your trips. This is from the area where I used to live, also the source of a lot of placer in the area: The vein system is hosted by the Rossland monzonite which is comprised of a biotite-hornblende-augite monzonite stock that intrudes augite porphyry of the Rossland sill. The Le Roi vein was formed by mineralization replacing wallrock along well defined fractures and by filling fractures and faults with pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite. The gangue consists of altered host rock with lenses of quartz and calcite. Actinolite forms rosettes of silky green needles between chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. Minor pyrite occurs as well formed crystals in the pyrrhotite and as disseminations in the host rock. Garnet crystals are associated with the pyrrhotite and chalcopyrite which occur in fractures with quartz.
Native silver has been reported in pyrrhotite rich ore from the Le Roi central zone. It occurs as blebs along the grain contacts of pyrrhotite and at the contacts of pyrrhotite with magnetite and gangue. Small grains of a silver bearing mineral, probably stromeyerite, with heavy surface stain are associated with the silver.
you betcha
Jeff I just wanted to Thank you for all the information you provide on geology .
By the way while watching the History Channel, I was in the other room and heard this voice talking about the iron dagger of King Tut ... low and behold, Jeff Williams, geologist. Awesome 👍🙂
thanks and we have more episodes coming out this year on History Channel that you are gonna love
Drifting, teaching, managing lights, cameras and editing. Jeff's the total package!
thanks ...
Excellent video Jeff, I enjoy the education.
Thanks 👍
Happy New Year, Jeff! May 2023 be the most prosperous year yet for you and yours.
Yeah, I remember that process they were using that. They didn't want to talk about too much at that big open pit Coppermine, pretty interesting.
Happy new year Jeff and family. Thanks for the great lesson on different deposits great to know when looking for new spots to work. Thanks for the video
So can I work under you as a mentor, you’re an excellent teacher that gets their hands a dirty, but also understand the importance of safety
My favorite videos!! When Mr. Jeff gets down to the geology of it all!! Thank you!!
you betcha
Thank you for the lesson, you do a great job of it. The best mining advice I got from a old timer, which I now am was... "DIG DIG DIG then Dig some more"
I find my Gold in the rocks , you know what I’m going to say ! The rocks In the pay dirt bags 😂 Thanks for all the videos this year, loved them. Can’t wait for next year. Happy New Year to all and that help you to get it all done.
Another great video. Thank you Jeff for sharing.
I've seen almost every one of your videos brother..! This is The best one yet.. thank you very much and enjoy your new year..!
Thanks, you too my brother !
Been watching for years and just wanted to say you're the mayne and I appreciate you! Always super entertaining and educational!
Awesome, thank you!
Here in North Georgia is still some placer deposits ,but few are left so 95% is still buried deep under the water table, BTW I was watching you since you use to give Automotive tips in your shop. Thank you for all the information
thanks for the long time viewership and you are correct ...they are still there
@@Askjeffwilliams you should come over here to Georgia and film some videos about the gold rushes here, differences between the gold here vs. out west, and why the mines here have virtually been abandoned. Just an idea. I think your viewers would enjoy that.
I remember those too!
Hi EvansPerson, not to mention his appearances on Ancient Aliens show. Jeff does it all!!!
@@robertclymer6948 now that's crazy, really!?!
Hey Jeff, in answer to your question, most of the gold around here is placer deposit, probably greenstone in origin. While it's flour gold usually, Mr. Dyer down Southern Ohio way has pulled up some bits out that are much chunkier. The problem is that most people outside of the hobby are either oblivious, or will insist that there ain't no gold in Ohio. I've tried to get permission to pan parts of Pymatuning Creek (untouched, but they did find gold in the Shenango nearby years ago), but most of the farmers look at me like I've grown a third eye, so it's pan a little here and there whenever I can.
thats great ...thanks for sharing that and keep on a keep'n on
Hey Jeff, even though New Mexico is relatively poor in gold and sliver deposits, there have been a handful of strikes in the state. I'd love to see a video of you prospecting in NM.
you betcha
Jeff all that knowledge and handsome too it’s fantastic listening to a man who really knows his craft and loves to spread his knowledge amongst the people that’s why this channel is so important for the future of gold mining and prospecting other precious metals minerals and gemstones 💎.So here’s to Jeff and Lila and the rest of the gang hope you have a wonderful 2023 from your old pal here in Bonnie Scotland 🏴 ❤
I know...right ....thanks , really appreciate that and you too my friend
10:26 I like the way that cart rolls over that joint !
like butter
Thank you for elaborating on the different types of deposits Jeff. It helps guide all us greenhorns in the right direction. Jeff Williams for president! 🤠👍👍
you betcha , really glad it was helpful.....and I approve this message
A Real 'Salt' of the earth would be a Presidential Delight. A money-rich gambler in NV would find a Golden Nugget just being with you. Think what a good choice your Presidency would be for the young people of your country. Just never give up.
Some of the mining district in the Sierras are really interesting to walk around. I know one spot that is a contact zone between a granitic plutonic intrusion and a huge dolomite body. The contact is loaded with a huge range of minerals. A copper mine with bornite was the primary ore was established in the skarn, but the terrain was so rugged the mine couldn't afford the wear and tear and up keep even with a tremendously rich ore transporting the ore. Oddly, no gold to speak of. There are something 60 odd other sulfide minerals, as well as grossular garnet, and a natural cave right across the river from the mine. Another farther north and much higher had really rich, gold and copper bearing deposits, but they are only about six feet deep. Below that granite. Above that glaciers came by and wiped the rest of the minerals away and converted them to alluvial gold deposited down stream. Most of the gold I've seen was alluvial. The most unique was a piece of wire gold in a white quartz arrowhead.
love that Peacock ore .... I bet it assays pretty good
Thanks for such informative content Mr. MyNameIsJeff 8) Well structured, detail packed and sprinkled with humor. O, and can't forget the infrequent nuggets of METAL!!! 🤘🤘🤘 Gives new meaning to the "School of ROCK!" Keep up the good work, appreciate every bit. Happy New Year!
OH YEAH ..... Rock on my brother and thanks
I totally Enjoy Yr personality. The knowledge is Amazing. Thank you for your diligence and Patience Jeff 💪
I found my gold at a jewelry store. Lol I love watching your videos, so much information for us to find our own gold. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and positive energy with us. Looking forward for more to come. Thank you
whaaaah whaaaaaaaah thanks Becki and you betcha
I have my degree but I have been having difficulty finding a job so I’ve been watching these types of videos and reading my geology books to freshen up
Legend video Jeff I love the way you make the geology so much less scary to someone like me who’s learning
I’ve watched both Australian US even NZ gold videos but none of them come close to the knowledge you have and the way you teach it
thanks Jason , really appreciate that
well i always like learning and this is so interesting, hope to find some shinny.
Good luck!
These videos are my favorites. Geology is something im always interested in. Thx Jeff Williams.
you betcha
Thank you for the open book geology lesson!! What no recess for us hard core studying scholars. 😮😊😊. Happy new year to u and yours.
I knew that reply earlier wasn't from u. I think we had a scammer on here. I'd say throw them down an endless shaft
This video, blew my mind. Information overload. I am a blue baby from birth, the cord was wrapped around my neck. I have a hard time learning. Was this way all my life, but still interested, Professor.
you can do it , we have so many videos that it will stick
9:31 i just read an article today that talked about gold deposition from earthquakes interacting with the piezoelectric qualities of quartz to zap the gold out of solution
Thanks again Jeff. I'm going to get Slims' book. So much information I have to watch this video a 2nd time!
you betcha and you are gonna love that book
Happy new year, Jeff! I hope it's better than last year it's been a rough one for so many people. Thanks for the information in this video, God bless you and your family!
thanks and you too
Please excuse my ignorance. I have found a 8-12 foot, band of red black hard rock, within my creek . The creek runs all year except for back in 2006, during that drought. Ive been panning, from time to time just as a hobby. Ive been finding the most placerd flakes right after this band of rock formation. My question is,. Is this a significant formality?
Hey Jeff, This lesson was so good I bookmarked it. Now I can easily find and watch again. And, I'm going to get your book because I want to become as gold-smart as you!
Sounds great! thank you
I’m on the hunt for my lode deposit, I’ll keep you updated. I appreciate the info Jeff👍
Hello, our expert. I am from the state of Mauritania. We have a lot of gold, but we lack experience in extraction. We work in primitive ways in Zaybak. I would love to show you a picture of a rock crane from Al-Ahly.
thats great just email a pic to the email address for the channel
I live in an area with VERY unique geology. 3 different gold depositing events and mega volcano's make for some VERY confusing prospecting.. Drake NSW Australia...
Thanks for this video along with all the others! Can't wait to get out there myself and try and find some or just have fun looking
Good luck!
@@Askjeffwilliams thank you very much!! Half the fun would be just getting out of the house and exploring.
Hey Jeff, most of my mines around the kingman/mcconnico area is fissure faults in a mesothermal zone.... meaning im working a fissure which consists of a mixture of quartz and sulphide banding just as you mentioned and I DO roast the sulphides. The sulphides include iron pyrite, galena and chalcopyrite. The fissure is just loaded with mineralization and if im not mistaken there is very high chances of sulphides carrying precious metals. The fissure itself is near vertical and is 2 ledges four to five feet apart.
When I first acquired the mine im currently working they started that as just a trench but then sometime later on they ended up fully timbering the trench into a portal then driving a shaft down. They only got to like 12 feet and timbered it like they was going to go down further but stopped for some reason and since I've had the mine I drove the shaft about another 50 feet or so. The mine is actually very stable and doesn't require much timbering, if any at all because the ledges are made up of very hard rock. One ledge is gneiss while the other ledge is of a quartzitic nature. Only thing I did as I further drove the shaft is loaded stulls every 8 feet with 3 stulls each 8 feet, one in the middle and one at each end horizontally so that I can lay planks when I extend my ladders down in there as I'm driving the shaft. And yes I do dig hitches for the stulls to set in then I wedge them into the hitches. As for my ladders, I run crosspieces that I can tack my ladders to. I use to just bolt my ladders directly to the footwall with 10 inch lagbolts cemented into the rock because I have heard some mines have done that before but the only problem with that is if the rock wall shifts so I started adding the 4 by 4 crosspeices to tack my ladders to in case I need to do maintenance on them.
sounds like a good operation ...would love to see interior pics of it if you can ....must be over by the lookout placer ..... there is another one called the Holly Mosses mine ....not far from there too
@@Askjeffwilliams yes exactly. I acquired all of those.
Nobody can say you know nothing Jeff Williams. Fascinating
You could easily give lectures..
Have a wonderful happy healthy’23 both 🙏🏻🙌👍👏🏻🥰
thanks ...I use to give lectures every weekend in Las Vegas
@@Askjeffwilliams well,blow me down with a feather.
You are still an awesome teacher Jeff 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
All 3 types of material, but I want to get back to my diggins in NV & Az. Happy New Years to all of you.
Jeff always tells it so I understand it 🙂
thanks
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Southeast South Dakota
SLIM! Hope you and your family had a truly amazing Christmas? Here's to a very Happy, Healthy & Blessed New Year and 2023 to you all. Stay safe & take it easy over there.
(I'll watch this video later Jeff, as it's just gone 1am here!! Stay safe.)
*Hey Jeff! My name ain't Jeff and I live on the East Coast. I would greatly appreciate you doing a breakdown of the geology of gold deposits in North and South Carolina in the Gold Belt. I bet you have a lot of Subbers that would love to have you cover it. SO COM'ON! LETS GO! ;D*
WILSON !!!!!! you betcha
@@Askjeffwilliams
Thanks Jeff! God Bless you and Lila in all of your life. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Merry Christmas and happy new year Jeff. I was once told by a prospector that here where I live Victoria Australia the geology is same as California because the land was once joined to each other. Interesting video Jeff. I love your work.
Wishing you, mrs Jeff, slim and the rest of your crew a happy New Year. Stay safe
Happy New Years Jeff
Lake Superior Beach - Igneous/Copper silver iron gold/Greenstone. All sorts of fun stuff going on in the rocks up there! Pretty much all of the above in the UP!
Then there's the Rock Elm Disturbance. Gold brought up by meteorite impact!
You're the man Jeff I want to hear every word
Jeff! You never talk about the Carolinas! Dont forget us over here
yep ...you got a real purdy slate belt running through there with that Yellow goodness in it
YEEHAW !! 2022 was a great year ! Found a spot yielding chunky placer gold running about 1.5 grams/yd. Discovered what appears to be vent that could be part of the source. And of course, we got the Gold Rattler commercial prototype wash plant up and running, and it's catching lots of gold ! Looking forward to a fantastic 2023, getting the Gold Rattler in production, explore that vent, and maybe start digging a drift mine ? And best of all, we're traveling to Nome, AK, to get some Bering Sea Gold ! Care to join me ? Love your education videos ! We smashed that LIKE button and hit the Share button to show our friends. Good luck next year my Brother !!!
I know...right ....you got yourself some really good looking chunky goodness there my brother.... thanks and we are too .....really curious about the vent ....will help ya sink a shaft if need be .... wow thats fantastic ..... we have that on the list but more into the interior ...thanks again Allan and you to my brother
Happy New Year ,Tom
Happy new year!
I just got Geolofied !!!!!!!!!!!! So come on, let's go get that AU ~ ! ! ! Happy New Year Jeff and Leela ~ ~ ! !
At 2:50. This brings back memories of cartoons in my childhood. In mines, the tracks were always headed downward and the trams too! I flash back to it when he says this stuff. Look at some old Yosemite Sam cartoons! Crack me up, Jeff! 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 I NEVER would've put that together if you hadn't reminded me of it. 😂😂😂😂😂
hahahahaha
I recenty found a rusty layer directly above a gravel layer on a river. It contains goldin every pan. My question isshould I work the rusty material or dig under it? Below the gravel?
try panning the oxides first to the contact zone..... then pan the gravel zone all the way through up to the contact zone ....then compare ...you will have your answer
@@Askjeffwilliams contact zone meaning where the rust meets the gravel? Thanks for answering
Great video brother. I have been out of action but TIMBO is back ! I hope you make more just like this !
TIMBO !!!!! There uyou are ...was wondering what happen to ya brutha ....we have something special for you guys
@@Askjeffwilliams SPECIAL? Like a date with Raquel Welch special? Or a bag of ole' shiney special. My lady has been in hospital brother so very distracted. F-Covid !
@@Askjeffwilliams FYI...I did score 10.3 GRAMs of Shiney at the based of blasted bedrock in Ottawa Canada...just to keep my hopes alive !
Your videos are so important to me. Thank you for sharing and making it quality. I wish you and yours a very Golden New Year and I know that you will make 2023 the best Year ever in all of your endeavors!
thanks ...you too
We wanted to purchase your book but do not want to be forced to become patrons. We enjoy your videos which you get paid for with every view by me and others. I am shocked that us paying $35 for the book is not enough. Crazy town
Hi Jeff! I actually work at the geothermal plants here in Nevada. So, what you're telling me is...that I should take the dirt from drilling the wells home and pan it?😂
Or just look around the actual hot springs for the low sulfidation that you mentioned?
yes to both
I find the information awesome. Learning more about Geology is fascinating stuff. The bonus is if it leads to Au. Just go ahead and bore the others. I will go for the Golden New Year! Great video and educational too.
G'day, Jeff,
Thanks for all the videos, I really enjoy your attitude, and your balance of jests with seriousness, it's such a good time.
Have a great day, champion!
you betcha
As an underground miner in a low yield mine I entered a level of the mine that I had not yet encountered. I found the "Loci" and highballed to the surface where the levels intersected. The mine was dark like the inside of a cow. We only had our head lamps powered by a belt mounted battery. The belt also supported a escape kit in a metal can and a rap wrench to tighten up loose fittings. Later I used the Loci to restock explosives in the magazine.
thanks for sharing that with us .... did you ever work a jackleg drill
I found a few tiny specs in the massive amounts of black sand along the shoreline of lake Michigan in Wisconsin. Not much around here. My understanding is that there's a place called Nugget Lake County Park. It's said that a meteorite made of gold hit there. I'm going to try there next summer.
that sounds like quite the adventure
I live in West Virginia there’s no gold here but I love watching people dig it so let’s go
Lots of coal mines tho...isn't there? Or there used to be before I left Grafton years ago. That's where I'm originally from before I came to AZ.
Always good info Jeff, thank you! I have noticed small olivene stringers within the granite of the bradshaw mountains and found placer with green stones in my pan. Is that #10?
could be .....
Wonderful video. Thanks Jeff. Wishing you and your loved ones the very best of health and happiness. From Victoria, Australia.
happy new yr guys.. there's a place north joshua national park california... close to the Chocolate Mountains,, many yrs ago we hiked the top of a black mountain.. which was cristal black rocks but on the top was all white quartz .. huge vains running down like two mountains run into each other and disspear halh ways down, the ony way to see it it's from the sky or on top.. i remember it was rich in glassy rocks .. back then we were just mountaniers did't know what we were looking at,, thanks for all your videos i been watching all of them and thanks to you i had my own adventures hunting gold and you guys are a reason that got me started ..... happy Holidays and God bless you
Thank you Jeff Williams!!!!
you betcha
Limestone quarry on texeda island in bc canada has deposits at the bottom of the limestone cap the limestone is the principal product but they do okay on the contact zone too.i should see if I can talk to theyre geologist and see if they could give me a look as I live very close by always been curious about it
As usually good digging, my gold is carried by water. The geology report of 64 says NO GOLD, but hey i found some ;) My guess is glacier gold, checked a lot of iron stained quartz and nothing found "visible", so for this coming year i got my self a helper. Happy 23 may it bring peace for all of us.
Hi Jeff, I live in Indonesia, rich in minerals but almost all associated with sulfites. I know I have to roast them to turn from sulfites to oxides but may you have some more information about this tricky rocks? Thanks for your videos and I wish you a great New Year 2023.
Happy New Year! I would order his book that he showed in the video! Heard it was packed with important info! Blessings from Michigan usa
exactly
There's an outfit online called Action Mining and I was told plus I think I seen somewhere that they sell a special flux that is specially made just for high sulphidic ores. It's supposed to automatically oxide the sulphides without having to roast them but I searched thier website and couldn't find the flux listed. I have to roast the sulphides that comes out of my mines too because the ground is super sulphidic so I figured I'd try this flux Action Mining supposedly has but can't find. Maybe Jeff knows more about that flux and how to go about getting it. 🤔
@@dawnac6453 yes we have recommended them for years and they have great products and services.... we have that exact flux in our shop and are about to test it on refractory ore ..... here is the link to that Flux ....its on page 12 www.actionmining.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/AMSCatalog-sept-ol.pdf
@@Askjeffwilliams hi and thanks so much Jeff! That's exactly the stuff I was meaning. I believe the ores in my mines is that refractory ore and im dying to try that stuff out. Once I get some I will try it and update on it. :)
I am going to a gully this week and about four feet up above the water line is a blue gray clay layer with about one foot of cobbles above, then a layer of dirt, I believe it is the old creek and plan to dig back into and down to that layer, the area has plenty of gold, especially after heavy rain. I am hoping to find the source. Hny!
aah yes the Blue Lead .... " Old Timers " would follow that think to get great Gold.... keep us posted
@@Askjeffwilliams Will do, regards!
@@Askjeffwilliams That did not 'Pan Out' so to speak, hit bedrock within two feet. Although I am happy with the theory and believe I did learn something. I also learnt that if you have an itch, scratch it and then move on. This is little gully has taught me many lesson over the last year and half, happy new years'
Great info as always fam. Keep on having fun getting that au and living the dream. Happy new year 🎉🥳. Gold Squad Out!!!
you to GSP
Keep up the fine work, Professor Slim and Dr. Jeff!
Thanks, will do!
I seem to be in a hodgepodge geological area. I'm in Yreka CA, Klamath Mountain region. Mt Shasta on the east, Marble Mountain to the west. Basically it looks like a whole lot of different geology was loaded into a giant mixer, gave a quick whirl and dumped out. I can't make heads or tails out of it. Most especially in the Humbug Mining District to the west of here. Intrusion dykes every which way.
Gold Districts of California Bulletin 199, 119? is about as clear as mud for this area. The colored map was still with it, but it doesn't seem to jive with the descriptions in the bulletin.
Happy New Year Jeff. I hope to meet you one day around Nevada. I'm in Sparks but the family and I go exploring alot. This summer some more gold explorations. Thank you for everything you do.
Sounds great!
Thanks, Jeff. This is exactly the kind of thing I needed for my university dissertation (on gold prospecting).
Thank you Jeff for an amazing year of adventure and education. Best wishes for a Happy New Year for you both.
Our pleasure!
Yaaaahhhhhooooooo boh I've been waiting on these ones I need to get back on Patreon so I can get back in contact with you my friend..my wife and I are thinking this is the year we start
thats great Christen , we hope to see you two over there
Awesome video. Jeff I'm a prospector living in KY, I spend a lot of time in other states prospecting and mining however I'm starting a new adventure in my home state. I've done a lot of research and I believe there is not enough gold to mine here. However, I believe there is silver and platinum just from research. I have some ideas are where to start based off some maps but I need some professional advice from a good geologist like yourself. I figured I would just ask Jeff Williams.
thanks and that why we are here .
Happy New Years. Keep the educational videos coming
Once again very informative I own 20 acres in Southwestern Oregon on a mountain that's obviously a hydrothermal vent with the quartz vein that is yielded Trace gold
great place for Gold ... keep us posted
I was planning creeks in the high sulfadation region around Helena Montana on a day when a volcano erupted in Washington state. Had to head for cover before we were covered in ash, or the lighting started a forest fire. Fun day though. Question. Iused to find a lot of pyrite around the quartz veins I'd find. Is there any connection between the fools gold, Mica, and the real gold that leads to higher concentrations to the (right kind of ) shiny?
yes ...sulfides can sometimes carry Gold with them ...not always ...crush , concentrate , roast and pan again