Crystals and gold

[Leroy]

Came across quartz clear crystals some 6 sided, imbedded in side of gravelly bank
Would it be possible for gold to be found in these areas?
Thankyou, L.

 

[Leroy]

Photo of some of the crystals dug out

 

[Rusty_G]

Gold and quartz crystals can be found together. It is really something to see! Melbourne Museum has some nice examples.
With regards to the chances of finding them together; your best bet would be to refer to a geological map of the area you found those in.

Look for indicators of gold or associated mineralization. If there is gold bearing veins wherein quartz and gold have formed together (not necessarily at the same time) in the vicinity of were you found those samples; follow the slope down and if there is a creek you could try taking some material from crevices (especially narrow crevices) as this would naturally concentrate any heavy minerals along with any gold should there be some.

But make sure you are allowed to remove dirt/ soil, gravels etcetera before you do. :Y:
I see you have 250 posts here...so I guess this isn't your first rodeo. All the best.

 

[Gem in I]

Those photo's would look awesome with some gold dribbled through them.

 

[user 4386]

"Would it be possible for gold to be found in these areas"? Yes, but they do not have to occur together (quartz veins occur throughout Australia and the world, but in much of Australia and most of the world there is no gold association). As a geological explanation, all rocks contain silica, hot water moving through rocks will extract silica and deposit it elsewhere as quartz, chalcedony and opal - but gold does not occur in all rocks. Hot water moves through rocks almost everywhere at some time.

Or to put it another way, there are better indicators of where to prospect for gold. I would have trouble if you took me anywhere in Australia that had hard rock outcrops in not finding quartz veins in an hour, even if there was no gold within hundreds of km.

Conversely, gold is nevertheless fairly common and widespread, but the trick is picking the places where it is worth spending the time looking for it. Searching the literature is a good start.

Nice crystals though....

 

[Leroy]

Thankyou Rusty-G and goldierocks, I understand what you are saying re the SLIGHT possibilities of gold being in this area. The best thing for me to do at this stage is to go back over the area very throughly to see if I can find any indications of gold being present around or somewhere in the near vicinity of the crystals. Ill keep you posted if something eventuates.
Yes Gem in 1, wouldnt it look good but!!