Re: Newbie questions: ( Surveying "virgin" creeks, home panning, suburban watersheds,etc.) Long Intro !

On Jun 25, 10:11 pm, Jake <newt...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mon, 25 Jun 2007 14:45:13 -0700, Andrew <rock_bus...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > Well there are lots of FFX Co. watersheds that cross the "Belt" and
> >none
> >of them are listed anywhere. The one closest to me is full of quartz
> >in the
> >stream bed with tons of smaller quartz "boulders" eroding out in the
> >hills
> >around. So I figured to give it a shot. Since you're local you
> >probably know
> >that there's plenty of historical refs to Great Falls area but then
> >there's this
> >geographical "gap" until you hit P.W. Co. and points south. I wondered
> >why?
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> >Maybe I'm just being a clueless Newbie. But it occured to me a clever
> >fellow could be quietly working his way down these "virgin" streams.
> >Onr never knows, do one?
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> >Any feedback is welcomed. What set-up do you use for home-panning?
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> I sent away for a publication, two actually, from the Department of
> Conservation and Economic Development, Division of Mineral Resources,
> based in Charlottesville.  The more extensive book is titled "Virginia
> Gold-Resource Data" by Palner C. Sweet and David Trimble, dated 1983.
> It includes lists of the minerals found and in some cases production
> data.  The smaller book is like an abreviated version of this one,
> maybe you can send away for it like I did.  In Fairfax County it lists
> only the Bull Run mine.
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> -Jake-

  And probably Bull Run mine must be near Bull Run (DOH !) and
therefore
in the part of FFX Co. closest to P.W. Co. and other known locations.
Perhaps the Belt is overlaid by other deposits in much of FFX.Co.
Curious
though. Plenty of quartz in a local creek bed, but only tiny flecks of
mica
seen and no obvious pyrite at all although only did the briefest
survey in
just two locations. I will enjoy trying to find out more and encourage
any
feedback pro or con.

I also need to do some reading so thanks for the references. I still
am looking
for a detailed map of the Gold-Pyrite Belt in Virginia. The only one
I've found is
on the DMR web-site and is uselessly tiny.

Oh! and congrats on your "flake",

Andrew