Gold in Arizona - A Guide for Prospectors & Rock Hounds

Arizona has primary lode gold deposits, some placer gold deposits and many copper deposits that yielded by-product gold and silver. Hidden gold deposits are likely in some known mining districts. Associated with some gold and copper deposits, are banded agates, agates, fire agates, and prismatic quartz crystals.

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Thursday, February 24, 2022

Gold and Agates in the Payson Mining District, Arizona

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Arizona is underlain by a Proterozoic  geological basement, with the oldest rocks in this basement dating around 1.8 billion years old. This...
Wednesday, February 23, 2022

Order L-208, A Gold Mine Waiting to be Mined Again

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Ever hear anything about the War Minerals Board Order L-208? If you haven't, and you are a gold prospector, it is something you will wan...
Tuesday, August 25, 2020

Goldfield Arizona - A Good Tourist Town.

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The Goldfield district lies in the foothills of the Superstition Mountains at the extreme northeastern edge of the Phoenix valley, 5 miles ...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Gold in Arizona - A Prospectors Guide

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The 2019 book edition on Amazon Well, it took me long enough! Was beginning to think I would never finish this book on Gold in Arizona ...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Gold Geology & Prospecting, Arizona

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Leaving Laramie, Wyoming and heading for Arizona (pencil  sketch by the author). Moving from Wyoming to the land of the sun in 2006, I cam...
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