One group of questions I was asked grouped around how to find gold using the rocks and minerals it associates with. That reminded me of a great place you need to bookmark for your own use.<\/p>\n
Mindat.org is now home to the world’s largest database of rocks and minerals. Not bad considering it was only started back in 2000. Anyway as a prospector you should bookmark it and make a habit of checking our various minerals associated with gold.<\/p>\n
I created this short video on this topic to show you a few gold related minerals that I find helpful. More importantly will be for you to try the site to look up a few of your own, for example in this video I didn’t even look at quartz, so after the video is over go check out quartz for yourself.<\/p>\n
Oh, and try their message board too, there’s some pretty helpful folks ready to steer you in the right direction to identify mysterious minerals that you find.<\/p>\n
The rocks and minerals I look for when prospecting vary from site to site. A few useful ones related to gold are: Gold (of course), Pyrite (Iron), Chalcopyrite (copper), Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz, Arsenopyrite, Serpentine, Garnet, possibly even Corundum or Diamonds<\/em> depending on regional geology.<\/p>\n That’s Mindat exposed…<\/p>\n Prospector Jess<\/p>\n