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Alluvial Gold Prospecting
Where are the alluvial gold bonanzas of the past?
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<blockquote data-quote="Hawkear" data-source="post: 639714" data-attributes="member: 4728"><p>Good info in all these posts. One thing I could add is that some of the leads south of Ballarat have been suggested to be shore line deposits (Lake or Sea not specified) because of the nature of the sand and quartz pebbles in the leads. These deposits have now been covered by later lava flows and nowadays bleed out the side of current eroded hillsides.When I was detecting in the area, I had noted how smooth and rolled the quartz pebbles seem to be and consistent with being on a shoreline.</p><p>I am not sure whether there are any goldfields currently on our shores in Victoria but I have been told that there are at Wynyard in Tasmania.</p><p>Maybe someone may have some info about this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hawkear, post: 639714, member: 4728"] Good info in all these posts. One thing I could add is that some of the leads south of Ballarat have been suggested to be shore line deposits (Lake or Sea not specified) because of the nature of the sand and quartz pebbles in the leads. These deposits have now been covered by later lava flows and nowadays bleed out the side of current eroded hillsides.When I was detecting in the area, I had noted how smooth and rolled the quartz pebbles seem to be and consistent with being on a shoreline. I am not sure whether there are any goldfields currently on our shores in Victoria but I have been told that there are at Wynyard in Tasmania. Maybe someone may have some info about this. [/QUOTE]
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Where are the alluvial gold bonanzas of the past?
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