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How to read or interpret Geo maps
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 643191" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>Hi Dave.</p><p>I presume your question is how to read a geo map to select a potential gold prospecting site preferably unknown by others. The question we all share.</p><p>Here in Vic we are lucky to have many Geo maps often usefully at small scale produced by our Geological survey going back many years of work.</p><p>Many of these maps show gold occurrences. </p><p>I usually try to correlate these with the rock types in which they occur. There are other structures to look for such as contact lines between different rock divisions, reef lines, fault lines etc.</p><p> If the gold occurrences can be correlated with any of these things then look on the map for similar structures or combination of structures where no gold occurrences are shown and maybe check those areas out. </p><p>Even topographic features can be worth considering such as when a valley cuts through a rock type or contact line known to be associated with gold in other parts.</p><p>The older maps here in Vic are very user friendly but I am not sure about the high tech geo maps in other parts of Oz. </p><p>Good luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 643191, member: 4728"] Hi Dave. I presume your question is how to read a geo map to select a potential gold prospecting site preferably unknown by others. The question we all share. Here in Vic we are lucky to have many Geo maps often usefully at small scale produced by our Geological survey going back many years of work. Many of these maps show gold occurrences. I usually try to correlate these with the rock types in which they occur. There are other structures to look for such as contact lines between different rock divisions, reef lines, fault lines etc. If the gold occurrences can be correlated with any of these things then look on the map for similar structures or combination of structures where no gold occurrences are shown and maybe check those areas out. Even topographic features can be worth considering such as when a valley cuts through a rock type or contact line known to be associated with gold in other parts. The older maps here in Vic are very user friendly but I am not sure about the high tech geo maps in other parts of Oz. Good luck. [/QUOTE]
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