How the Gold Deposits of the Southeastern United States Formed: With tips to find new deposits!!

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In this video, we delve into how the gold deposits of the Southeastern United States formed. We discuss Submarine Exhalative deposits in this one, which is how the majority of the deposits in the SE formed. Submarine Exhalative deposits are a style of epithermal gold deposit. If you want to find undiscovered high-grade small-scale epithermal gold deposits in the Southeastern United States, then you must watch this video!!
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@peedeeaerialproductions 17 күн бұрын

Sir, thank you very much for sharing this video I've been searching and watching countless videos on things you have included and talked about in your video over and over again and the way you honestly broke each thing down and talked about it helped me to make notes on what exactly I'm trying to do/figure out where I'm located, again thank you very much for sharing this and keep up the great job, Take Care & Good Luck on any adventures or explorations you may encounter.

@ale.5049 14 күн бұрын

Just happened to find some nice "brown ore" limonite up in Person Co., would've never recognized it if I hadn't played down in Randolph Co....and read the 3 NC geology bulletins, 86, 10 and one other one I forget. Great video, and great point on rock outcropping. There are still stupid huge amounts of low grade widely disseminated gold ore in the piedmont. Randolph Co. would probably strip out better than S. Africa on g/ton/acre basis.

@SPMining 11 ай бұрын

Awsome, Thomasville NC here. Been all around my area. Davidson, Randolph, Montgomery counties. Great info. Thanks.

@ProspectorAl 6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video! I live in Eastern Tennessee and have panned gold from all of the States in the region.

@jeff082083 11 ай бұрын

Very interesting, thank you! I'm fortunate to have a place in the triangle of NC as well as just over the border in VA, all within your map zones. Looks like I'll be doing some exploring after doing some more research!

@theprospectinggeologist4347 11 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! If you go to my website theprospectinggeologist.com and into the documents section for NC there are a bunch of geologic reports and mine reports for NC.

@bismargoldmining 11 ай бұрын

wow amazing my friend very good video my friend, thank you for sharing the video my friend. greetings from Indonesia.👍🤝🇮🇩🔔🔔👈

@theprospectinggeologist4347 11 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! I know Indonesia has lots of gold, heavy pans out there!

@viajerosdelahistoria 11 ай бұрын

Greetings from Idaho 👍🤗

@precisionputtin 11 ай бұрын

Matt, this is so interesting and another great video. We have some land East and West of Charlotte, NC. 3 weeks ago I dug a hole about 20' deep to look at the layers. Could I send you some pictures and location for your expert advice? Thanks for all the info.

@theprospectinggeologist4347 11 ай бұрын

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@lesterleporesr5228 11 ай бұрын

Really interested in the "Thermal Event" thing; I have found areas where fine gold seems to "Broadcast", Then concentrated by erosion🧐⁉️👍

@theprospectinggeologist4347 11 ай бұрын

Not sure what you mean by the thermal event. As far as broadcast then concentrated, yes there are plenty of low grade wide area hard rock deposits where the gold is then eroded out of thousands if not millions of years and mechanically concentrated nearby by water.

@tictacguy7899 11 ай бұрын

I know maps have legends and I’m a total newbie at learning geology, could you shoot me a link to one of your videos showing fault, folds , and other formations on a geological map so I can catch up

@mr.frightscare356 7 ай бұрын

I live two counties under the Alabama gold belt. Do you think it'd be worth panning for gold in my area?

@ProspectorAl 6 ай бұрын

Definitely a YES! There are some documents for the Alabama gold belts that you might like.

@-r-495 11 ай бұрын

thank you, this us interesting, even for me in Europe. I was wondering: where do glaciers leave the gold they ground out of the rock? glaciers leave very well sorted sand deposits for instance, I‘d be interested in your opinion on this. Cheerio!

@theprospectinggeologist4347 11 ай бұрын

Europe is the other side of a number of the orogenies that built the Appalachian mtns so your geology is similar. But more similar to the NE US. Glaciers tend to destroy all types of gold deposits and mainly scatter it everywhere. The places that reconcentrate that scattered material are the best to look, so kames, eskers, outwash etc basically any of the stratified deposits left by the glaciers or after they receded.

@precisionputtin 11 ай бұрын

Just looking at the purple zone in Georgia, does that follow the fault line that goes through Brevard?

@theprospectinggeologist4347 11 ай бұрын

I’d have to double check but I believe the southeastern side does.

@kmagnussen1052 7 ай бұрын

FYI: The exhibits are too small to see and follow the narrative.Also the sound needs to be a little louder and the highs need to be filtered.

@waltertodd4479 10 ай бұрын

Based on your maps and diagrams, where exactly would I dig for the gold? Video sounds more like a college economic geology lecture than it does a prospecting video. I agree it is important to have a geologic model in mind for narrowing your focus on a regional basis, what about prospecting specifics? For instance, do all quartz veins contain gold? Are all intrusions worth investigating the contacts? You suggest panning near existing mines and tracing gold back to the mine. Hasn't this already been done? As a prospector, I don't have access to a drill rig for brownfield exploration to increase my success rate. I'm a low-budget kind of guy. Any suggestions?

@theprospectinggeologist4347 10 ай бұрын

It all comes down to researching the historic mines in your area and their related geology. The vast majority of quartz veins contain little to no gold. I’d say less then 1% contain an appreciable amount of gold. As for intrusions in brand new areas they are worth checking out. In a mining district that has a good history that history should be able to tell you if they are worth checking or not. Also depends on the type of intrusion in many cases. Such as mafic intrusions vs felsic. Depends on the bedrock they interact with and so on. There is never a one size fits all for any of it. If you want to find gold the best place to go is where it’s been found hence in and around old mines. It’s still where I find my best gold. None of this was in any way saying a prospector needed a drill rig or anything like that. Just lots of research and boots on the ground panning and checking things out and documenting and recording your findings. Hope this helps.

@waltertodd4479 10 ай бұрын

@theprospectinggeologist4347 it very much does. Thank you... I've noticed over the years that it is the attention to fine details in the field that yield bigger payouts. Also, I seem to have made my greatest gain in prospecting success by thinking outside of the box. Bonehead details such as color of rock, mineralogy, and rock chemistry help...

@MikeJones-mf2fw 2 ай бұрын

Is gold distributed evenly in the mantle? Or can blobs of gold be in the covection process? Im just wondering how such big nuggets could be found but so few of them aswell. Maybe the Native Americans found the majority of huge gold.

@herbertboelk7545 11 ай бұрын

'Piedmont' literally translated from French means 'foothill'.

@raisethecolours Ай бұрын

If u want to prospect Virginia, I can tell you where to go

@theprospectinggeologist4347 Ай бұрын

I mainly prospect in VA. And have many good spots. But I’m always open to hearing about others.

@roryoconnor7239 2 ай бұрын

I have collected more than 3 tons of gold ore off the ground in my town. And no one believes me. I have everything I need to process and refine. I just don't have a way to crush. Anyone know where I can find a jaw crusher or hammer mill to rent or borrow. I'm near Summerfield, NC.