Tag: prospecting
What are Gold-Pan Concentrates?
Gold panners tend to categorize their pan concentrates as either gold or “black sand”—and discard the latter without much of a second look. And...
The Road Report: Arizona’s Humboldt Mining District
By Helen Serras-Herman
In the rolling hills of the high desert of Northern Arizona, about 85 miles north of Phoenix and 12 miles east of...
The United States Geological Survey
By Steve Voynick
Many people, rockhounds and prospectors among them, rely on information from topographical maps, geological reports, and mining-district surveys.
Many also go on-line to...
Colorado’s Great Sand Dunes
Story and Photos by Steve Voynick
The American Southwest has the greatest concentration of sand dunes on the North American continent, with more than two...
Montana’s Ruby Valley
Story and Photos by Jim Landon
Imagine the earth 2.75 billion years ago in southwest Montana. If any life forms existed, they would have been...
Rockhounding Road Trip with Thomas Farley
Editor's Note: This is an introduction to a new regular blog about the rockhounding travels of Thomas Farley, as he gathers materials for a...
