Grabben Gullen and pyrites.

[Ramjet]

Can anyone tell me if there is a lot of pyrites at GG?

 

[Heatho]

The flaky yellow stuff I'm pretty sure is Mica, yep it's everywhere through the creek.

 

[Ramjet]

Thanks Heatho.
Yep that was my next guess... Mica. Thought I was rich there for half a second :8
It sure is plentiful. I was digging under a rock and could see specks in the soil.
A good or bad thing? Is gold found near it? I assume as mica is lighter the gold will be deeper?

 

[Nugget]

I found a bunch of flakey metallic looking yellow stuff in a local creek a while back and thought I'd struck it rich (it was short lived though) lol

 

[Diggerdude]

Thanks Heatho.
Yep that was my next guess... Mica. Thought I was rich there for half a second :8
It sure is plentiful. I was digging under a rock and could see specks in the soil.
A good or bad thing? Is gold found near it? I assume as mica is lighter the gold will be deeper?

The Mica is not an indicator for gold Rod, it comes from the granite.

DD

 

[Heatho]

Heh, yeah it's a great feeling for a few seconds and then you realise. In the pan the mica will move with only the slightest water movement, any gold will need slightly a bigger shunt from water in the pan to move it around I've noticed.

 

[charlie123]

from my experience pyrite is little brother to gold but you do find gold without, same as you find sapphires without spinnel, i am new i may be wrong

 

[Ag Man]

Looks pretty but that's about it

 

[malau]

I concur as well. went to GG today saw heaps in the river and they are much lighter compare to the actual gold (in Oallen ford)