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Hi all what about port Macquarie area has gold been found around there??? Cheers
goldierocks said:The Victorian list is not terribly representative. For example, Alexandra, Glen Wills, Bonang and Rushworth are very minor and Benalla insignificant (if you include these you would need to include a couple of dozen more). There is no gold at Mansfield (you have to move a long way northwest, west or south to get to minor fields). And some of the reasonably large fields are missed (e.g. Beaufort, Avoca, Maryborough, Maldon, Daylesford, Creswick, Harrietville, Woods Point, Walhalla).
This map from a paper this year is accurate and might help:
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4386/1565223750_vic_gold_map.jpg
It is not absolutely complete, but includes all significant fields and is more accurate in many ways (eg you won't see Castlemaine because most of its gold was slightly east at Chewton).
There has been a lot said about that area on blogs here, but the yield was not gigantic and is difficult to separate from Beechworth and Harrietville (they used to all be in the "Beechworth Mining District"). Probably larger than places like Alexandra though, but Buckland Valley had negligible hard-rock production and was soon worked out (the volume of alluvial in those deep, narrow valleys was limited). As the map says, it includes fields with more than 500,000 oz production - it is uncertain that either of those fields would have exceeded that. There are scores of fields not shown with lesser production, as I mentioned.Aussiedigs said:goldierocks said:The Victorian list is not terribly representative. For example, Alexandra, Glen Wills, Bonang and Rushworth are very minor and Benalla insignificant (if you include these you would need to include a couple of dozen more). There is no gold at Mansfield (you have to move a long way northwest, west or south to get to minor fields). And some of the reasonably large fields are missed (e.g. Beaufort, Avoca, Maryborough, Maldon, Daylesford, Creswick, Harrietville, Woods Point, Walhalla).
This map from a paper this year is accurate and might help:
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/4386/1565223750_vic_gold_map.jpg
It is not absolutely complete, but includes all significant fields and is more accurate in many ways (eg you won't see Castlemaine because most of its gold was slightly east at Chewton).
Interesting Buckland Valley/Bright are missing off that map being quite significant fields.
I assume you mean around Bakery Hill (in the middle of the city now). Go to Geological Survey of Victoria sales (maps) and look for 100,000 and 1:50,000 maps and the Report that goes with them.FreeGold said:Hey Nugget, could you possibly tell me where l could get some maps for around bakers hill, Ballarat and Buninyong, Ballarat
yes mate i actualy have some old maps on Barrinton tops but from my knowledge theres never been a high yeild from that area but i only dug on the surface of the info i foundundertaker said:What about Gloucester and Barrington Tops areas? Has gold ever been found there?
Bush said:Managed to place All Australia`s States Gold Deposits into one picture with Google Earth.
Now i wonder is there Gold in the Deserts or is it because nobody ever goes there. :/
https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/img/member-images/6815/1610263435_screenshot_25.jpg
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