Finding Desert Gold..

[user 4485]

More sophisticated equipment may include a metal detector,cradle rocker or sluice box,hydrolic concentrater,dredge,dry blower and electrostatic concentrator..

So from what you've found out then everything on your previous list, except the dredge which would disturb both land & water, can be used for processing.
Sounds pretty good in SA compared to other states then. Just need to find where some gold is now.
Did you ask them to correct the website?

You should ask Outback Jack for a go with one of his inventions. You could even use the motorised one in SA. They look a very nifty device.

 

[Outback]

Baldy ' what's needed is a quick manual device that can reduce down a bucket full of sample material to a cup full of concentrates .

 

[Outback]

You should ask Outback Jack for a go with one of his inventions. You could even use the motorised one in SA. They look a very nifty device.

Thanks Mbasko

This worked OK but has been superseded , better designs have been made but the best of the best is in the works

 

[Baldy]

Hi Mbasco ..Yes I think a Dredge would contravene mining act 1971..So why would they include it in their list of Fossicking information (Drew G.J. Gold fields .S.A. special publication 12 ). The mind boggles.. I also asked about a vacume cleaner to clean up bedrock and that seemed OK..

 

[Baldy]

Just picked this gear up this morning for sampling..

 

[Baldy]

http://youtu.be/02vz-486kv0 Sample Dry panning ..with Garrett super sluice pan

 

[TTKooAu]

So from reading the South Australian fossicking regulations and from actual experience:

1. The activities of fossickers are not under the control of the Mining Act 1971 as amended.
2. No permit is required (unless fossicking at Mt Crawford Forest fossicking area - $5 per day or $50 per year)
3. Fossicking is permitted on private land with the permission of the landholder.
3. Fossicking is not permitted in National Parks, Aboriginal Reserves, Conservation Parks or Forest Reserves.
4. Fossicking is not permitted in areas held under current mineral claims, mineral or extractive mineral leases, retention leases, miscellaneous purposes licenses or private mines.
5. Fossicking is permitted in areas held under current exploration licenses without the permission of the exploration licence holder. If that land is privately owned however, permission of the landholder is required.
6. The use of devices based on the availability of water is not permitted within the boundaries of the SA Water Watershed of the Mount Lofty Ranges area as defined for the Natural Resources Management (NRM) Act 2004.
7. Mechanised devices are banned from use within the designated fossicking areas of Mt Crawford Forest, Chapel Hill and Jupiter Creek.
8. The use of power operated machinery and equipment is classed as mining and can only be operated on an appropriately registered mineral claim or lease.

Clear as mud.

Point 5 is an area of interest for me and worth pursuing.
Point 6 would seem to exclude the use of sluices within the Mt Crawford and Echunga fossicking areas. Dare I say it, but isn't a gold pan based upon the availability of water?

It's doing my head in.
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[TTKooAu]

http://youtu.be/02vz-486kv0 Sample Dry panning ..with Garrett super sluice pan

Jeff Williams is unique... love his stuff

 

[Baldy]

Hi TTKooau,you know how paranoid we are in SA about air water catchments..so it's pretty understandable that you wouldn't be able to do much in the Hills..which would envolve any creeks..We can't even fish in any of our resivoirs..unless you jump a fence..The more you dig around in SA the more locations you find which could have potential...But you have to get all the maps and old stuff you can find to research .and of cause no one shares much, but that's fine..If every one knew then there would be none left for us..

 

[Guest]

These may be of help guys.

The mines of south australia
want to down load the book click the below link then click the PDF indicator to download. Cheers
Link

http://www.archive.org/details/miningreview08sout

Catalogue of the publications of the Geological survey of South Australia; together with other official publications dealing with the geology and mineral resources of South Australia.
by Geological Survey of South Australia.
Published 1915

http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=osu.32435065915720;view=1up;seq=7

Handbook of mining with maps. Issued by the Department of mines, under the authority of the Hon. L. O'Loughlin, M. P., minister of mines. August, 1901 ...
by South Australia. Mines Dept.
Published 1901

http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015075025778;view=1up;seq=3

Handbook on prospecting in South Australia.
by South Australia. Mines Dept.
Published 1952

http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015068535635;view=1up;seq=5

Handbook of South Australia. By David J. Gordon ... Issued by the government of South Australia.
by Gordon, David J. 1865-
Published 1908

http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044082004987;view=1up;seq=8

The history of South Australia : from its foundation to the year of its jubilee : with a chronological summary of all the principal events of interest up to date / by Edwin Hodder ; with two maps. v.2
by Hodder, Edwin, 1837-1904.
Published 1893

http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015058526115;view=1up;seq=14

Record of mining in the Northern Territory of South Australia.
by South Australia. Office of the Minister Controlling the Northern Territory.
Published 1900

http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112079455447;q1=south australia mining

 

[Baldy]

Thanks a million for that ,going to have lots of reading...have a copy of mines of SA 1908,4th ed..and that is a wealth of info..it's all about the research ..I was a Cartographic draftsman when I was a wee lad, so I do love a good map or two..Thanks again Jem? Wow there is some good books there..

 

[Guest]

 

[Guest]

A few more i stumbled over. cheers

Catalogue of South Australian Minerals: With the Mines and Other Localities ...
by South Australia Geological Dept, Henry Yorke Lyell Brown
Published 1893

https://ia902605.us.archive.org/7/items/cataloguesoutha00browgoog/cataloguesoutha00browgoog.pdf

Robert S. Frearson's guide and handbook to the Worturpa Goldfields, South Australia

http://handle.slv.vic.gov.au/10381/94267

 

[Baldy]

http://www.bedrockdreams.com/2016/01/what-to-look-for-in-bench-gravels-part-1.html

 

[Baldy]

http://www.bedrockdreams.com/2016/01/what-to-look-for-in-bench-gravels-part-2.html

 

[Baldy]

http://www.bedrockdreams.com/2016/01/what-to-look-for-in-bench-gravels-3.html

 

[Baldy]

http://www.bedrockdreams.com/2016/01/what-to-look-for-in-bench-gravels.html

 

[Baldy]

http://www.bedrockdreams.com/2015/08/you-have-to-dig-deep.html#more

 

[10fp]

Thats GREAT reading Baldy , it led me to ROTGRUB youtube vids which are a GREAT watch ......digging DEEP in the creeks

cheers Dave

 

[Baldy]

http://youtu.be/zxWLCzZPOns .Thanks10fp, Rotgrub pretty serious crew..always finding something new to watch on utube..