Worthwhile Panning this site

[WalnLiz]

Best way for sure is hands on tutoring, be great if we could get a Prospecting Australia outing happening in the Brisbane region next. I'm sure that many in the area run different pans with different panning styles. Nothing better than to see them in real use rather than in a vid.

Put your heads together guys and see if even a one day get-together can be arranged with the regulars. If not Joe, come down to Canberra and we'll take you out on the creek.

Cheers Wal.

 

[rc62burke]

Panning,
Aggitate, wash off, aggitate, wash off, aggitate, wash off.
It is quite simple, pan from from one pan to the other

 

[gcause]

PM sent happy to show you how to pan properly.

 

[BrisJoe]

Well spent a very informative afternoon with Grant, many thanks again and happy to go to Gympie with you next time.
After processing aprox 3-4Kg of unclassified samples from this wall, I found a spec
My first bit of gold found thanks to the techniques Grant taught me

So now the next order of business is to spend a weekend out west before the end of the year and see what more I can pan out to help convince the missus this is a worthwhile hobby.

 

[TenOunce Tone]

Congrats on your first bit of hard won gold! The easy bit is over, now rinse repeat until you fill your first viall... The hard work now begins.. getting Mrs Bris hooked.. good luck mate

 

[BrisJoe]

Yeah might take heaven and earth to motivate the missus to come along haha

 

[BrisJoe]

Sampling from this site again today I found this red rock, it's got quartz through it in spots
Any idea what this Rock is?
And how it could of formed like this? As its very interesting makeup looking through a mimicroscope at it

 

[G0lddigg@]

looks like granite to me, quarts, alkali feldspar which gives it the pinkish red and mica most likely.

 

[BrisJoe]

Picked up some more "interesting" rocks from the wall this arvo and washed them off.
This reveals some very nice quratz veins in some of them as well as purple and red colors

 

[G0lddigg@]

sexy rocks there

 

[WalnLiz]

Some good looking rocks there Joe. They look like they're from the Jasper variety of quartz. We occasionally see some Jasper on alluvial gold deposits but seldom associated with reef gold. Makes some great cabs for pendants when polished.

Cheers Wal.

 

[G0lddigg@]

you reckon you might be right on the money there Wal they do look very Jasperish

 

[TenOunce Tone]

Maybe you have added to your gold prospecting Joe, Gem Prospecting, looks like some nice stones there.

Cheers, Tone

 

[BrisJoe]

Can you tell me if these.particular rocks have.features of gold in the area,.such as the quartz veins

 

[WalnLiz]

Quartz veins in jasper related minerals is very common and not generally a good indication of gold being present. Your best rocks are the granite/greenstone hosted quartz and these are the ones I'd be concentrating on.....but like they often say, gold shows up in some uncanny locations.

Cheers Wal.

 

[BrisJoe]

Hmmm now who have the equipment around Brissy to cut and police these stones....

 

[G0lddigg@]

I know a bloke who is second generation stone polisher hes in ballarat but nothing aus post cant fix http://jakagems.storenvy.com/

 

[gcause]

There is a lapidary club at Redcliffe. They can teach you how to make cabashones you only need a sanding / grinding wheel and a polishing wheel some dowel and some wax to affix the stone to the dowel. We used to make them when I was a kid. You basically start with the rough sanding and move down to the fine grade sandpaper and then polish it up.

http://lapidaryredcliffe.com.au

 

[BrisJoe]

Is that to shape the stone without cutting it Grant?
As that red stone with the clean quartz vein through it I would like to shape up a little before doing a polish

 

[gcause]

You can shape it with a grinding wheel or rough sandpaper but you may also need a cutting wheel. The lapidary club runs workshops and they have all the equipment there. If you later get into facetting gems they can also teach you that.