who wants to give away a secret?

[goldtruck59]

Wow , thanks Meta your a good bloke for a Hawk supporter LOL
I will have a go at that tonight and on the weekend when there is no one about !!!
I have always just used hard copy maps and books but it makes sense to try and get the mapping digitally and in conjunction with mapping software., ( my next brain frazzle !!!)
Thanks again
GT

 

[Marauder]

I gave Geo VIC a crack bu couldn't find the shallow leads one, is this only available in the registered version? There's a deep lead just near my property!

 

[Metamorphic]

Path to shallow leads in Geovic layers is - Minerals / Leads and workings details.

Shallow leads will show up in Pink workings details, deep leads show up in Red as pictured below!

You can also specific-line ancient deep leads by clicking on layer - Minerals/ Deep leads (these will show as a green line on courses travelled)

Meta

 

[Guest]

I gave Geo VIC a crack bu couldn't find the shallow leads one, is this only available in the registered version? There's a deep lead just near my property!

Have you tried GeoVic V2 unregistered? works for me. I just registered for V3 and I'm slowly feeling my way through it :/

 

[Metamorphic]

Meta's Geovic Theory.......

Thanks for raising a very good point Marauder!

My goodself and my prospecting team specifically target SHALLOW leads around the GT......with the 'Royal Flush' hand being a shallow lead within the vicinity of an Inferred Fault line, and/or, dry creek bed line...... in my opinion.

Its my belief that if you can find such an area, own a top of the range detector (ie 7000, 5000 or SDC), and posses the time and ability to read whats going on when you land there, you are putting the odds very much in your favour and stand a bloody good chance.

We have only ever found One of these in the GT to date (so far), and after a lot of hard work so far, it has paid handsomely. There is still a lot more ground to cover within our target area.

Members have bagged me because i dont like to 'show n tell' and they think I'm full of it.....I have been told to 'put up' or 'shut up', but under our group rules, i prefer to shut up.

Showing gold aint gonna help anyone here to find it, its a form of boasting based on ego IMO and always brings unwanted attention to what you work so hard for.

The smart forum members here will quickly realize that im actually showing you how, and where i think you should be looking!

Again its only my theory, and I will let you make up your own minds lads!

Good gold to you all.

Meta

 

[Metamorphic]

Almost forgot.....very, very important is STRUCTURE!

Most view that the type of rock in the area is key, whilst this is important, its only part of the key!

Structure of the surrounding rock is by far the most important clue......Gold forms in the areas that provide the ideal structure for it to do so.

By structure, I mean Foliation, Folds and Bedding (bedrock).

Geovic path to structure layers : Geology / Sites / Structure (Foliation, folds and bedding)

Hint : Your map scale in Geovic must be set to 1:50,000 or less for these layers to show adequately.

Target structure around the areas mentioned in above posts.

I shall shut-up now!

 

[G0lddigg@]

meta is sure on the money here, i screen print any new area exactly as above and use this as a "reference only" reading the ground is the big secret there's no shortcut, bit of history of the area and what they ,mined goes a long way.

 

[casper]

Almost forgot.....very, very important is STRUCTURE!

Most view that the type of rock in the area is key, whilst this is important, its only part of the key!

Structure of the surrounding rock is by far the most important clue......Gold forms in the areas that provide the ideal structure for it to do so.

By structure, I mean Foliation, Folds and Bedding (bedrock).

Geovic path to structure layers : Geology / Sites / Structure (Foliation, folds and bedding)

Hint : Your map scale in Geovic must be set to 1:50,000 or less for these layers to show adequately.

http://i60.tinypic.com/1gp07s.jpg

Target structure around the areas mentioned in above posts.

I shall shut-up now!

Whilst we're freely spilling secrets here's mine, the regolith layer

casper

 

[Metamorphic]

Yes excellent casper!

Now your thinking like a geologist with gold pay dirt sitting on/above bedrock in mind.

Using all of the above overlays you should be able to gauge depth to bedrock in any given area.

Ofcourse this is only surveyed data, and true depth can only be acertained through drilling results.

Good call mate

 

[G0lddigg@]

great info fellas!

 

[OwDavid]

helpful folks.

 

[casper]

More about STRUCTURE.....

Every goldfield has a Nuggety Gully and the pic below shows an historic gold bearing watercourse crossing a couple of geological folds. The streamflow is right to left and we now know something the oldtimers didn't so where would your focus be........?

casper

 

[Guest]

Down stream side of where the stream intersects the Anticline or anywhere either side of the Anticline for that matter?

 

[casper]

Thanks NatGeo, just like META alluded to.... get to know the data resources to hand and use them to your advantage.

casper

 

[ozziii]

Thankyou for the tips on using GeoVic, I've been using version 3 to look for gold diggings etc but don't understand half the stuff on there & what I should be adding, although now I have more to learn about, like the folds, foliation & bedding & what it all means. I see things like F1, F2 folds & S1, S2 folds etc & the markings they use on the map & same sort of thing with foliation & bedding etc but just not sure what it all means.
Is there a good way to find the info, or is it just a matter of typing it into google & hoping something comes up.
Thanks for any help, for newbies to prospecting this sort of info is a big help. I never thought gold prospecting would be so complicated.

 

[Guest]

YouTube theses;

Geology Films
Cathina L Gunn de Rosa
Haakon Fossen- Structural Geology and Tectonics
Ore Deposits 101
BogiZemlja- art of gold mining 1-12

This should help with a starting point.
Once you start recognising the terms a bit more. Google and YouTube to a lesser degree are GOLD.
Structural Geology...
Structure, Structure, Structure

Cheers, NG

Edit- Most of Cathina L Gunn de Rosa videos are now gone?

 

[ozziii]

Thanks NeoGeo, I'll have to check that out when I can, can't watch to much on youtube though as I only have a small amount of downloads (8gb) for the month so have to use it wisely. Will do a few googles searches on geology etc & see what I can find.

 

[user 5415]

Meta's Geovic Theory.......

Thanks for raising a very good point Marauder!

My goodself and my prospecting team specifically target SHALLOW leads around the GT......with the 'Royal Flush' hand being a shallow lead within the vicinity of an Inferred Fault line, and/or, dry creek bed line...... in my opinion.

Its my belief that if you can find such an area, own a top of the range detector (ie 7000, 5000 or SDC), and posses the time and ability to read whats going on when you land there, you are putting the odds very much in your favour and stand a bloody good chance.

We have only ever found One of these in the GT to date (so far), and after a lot of hard work so far, it has paid handsomely. There is still a lot more ground to cover within our target area.

Members have bagged me because i dont like to 'show n tell' and they think I'm full of it.....I have been told to 'put up' or 'shut up', but under our group rules, i prefer to shut up.

Showing gold aint gonna help anyone here to find it, its a form of boasting based on ego IMO and always brings unwanted attention to what you work so hard for.

The smart forum members here will quickly realize that im actually showing you how, and where i think you should be looking!

Again its only my theory, and I will let you make up your own minds lads!

Good gold to you all.

Meta

Hi Meta,

As a newbie I would just like to say thank you, if it wasn't for you and all the other helpful people on this site I wouldn't be enjoying this hobby, I'd be wondering around in the dark, sunglasses on of course, thanks again from a New GeoVic 3 user

 

[Guest]

Thanks NeoGeo, I'll have to check that out when I can, can't watch to much on youtube though as I only have a small amount of downloads (8gb) for the month so have to use it wisely. Will do a few googles searches on geology etc & see what I can find.

Being unable to watch YouTube for info isn't the end of the world.
Searching sites that relate to the Victorian goldfields is a better way to go to get a more complete picture/understanding. I've only been into prospecting for a little less than a year and in that time I've looked at countless websites. I can remember them all unfortunately, although I've booked marked quite a few.

I started by Googleing terms like;

Victorian Goldfields Geology
Geology Terms
Geology of goldfields ect. Anything relating to Gold deposition and the Geological settings needed.

Once you start seeing words like Anticline, Foliation, METAMORPHIC , Regolith, Graben, Hanging wall/ Foot wall, Strata, Paleo, Tubidity/ Turbidite, Intrusive/Extrusive and many more repeated over and over. Search Google for those words.

You will eventually be able to form a picture in your mind when reading or looking over a map of what is and has gone on within that particular Goldfield or Geological setting.

Don't get disheartened if it doesn't sink in as quickly as you like.
I've gone weeks/months studying and overdosed on info, taken a break and as I'm thinking about what I'm learning. It starts to make sense. Or It could be while I'm watching YouTube.

I hope you stick with it, as geology is very interesting. ESPECIALLY when it is DIRECTLY related to this/your hobby.
Just remember, you wont learn about this stuff by watching US shows on gold or TV. However it is nice to see all that gold, it just wont help you find Gold around here. Although some of their Goldfields are similar to the Victorian Goldfields.

Cheers, Lee

 

[user 5415]

Thanks Neo, much appreciated and Casper too