Currently I believe this will be the last in the series of glacial gold prospecting hypothesis posts. In this one I want to discuss the seemingly randomness and shall we say erratic nature of gold in the glaciated areas of the Midwest. Glaciated areas are generally not known for productive placer deposits. This is […]
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For part four I want to discuss yet another prospecting hypothesis that I have for glacial gold areas. This one may be more difficult to prove one way or the other due to certain limitations such as the depth that prospecting equipment can effectively reach as well as State Laws for certain areas. So, the
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For part three I want to discuss glacial outwash deposits. First of all, glacial outwash deposits are large deposits of sorted glacial material that have been washed down stream generally beyond the terminal moraines of the glaciers. These could have formed while the glacier was present or after it receded, and the streams and
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Following on the heels of the previous post, I want to talk about some of my hypothesis for my prospecting in the glacial areas of western PA and eastern OH. I’ve developed these hypotheses through doing a bunch of reading and research on the glacial deposits in the Midwest as well as glacial areas in
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Hey everyone! For those of you who don’t know I recently moved to western PA, and I plan to start a YouTube video series on prospecting for gold in western PA. Before I start that series, I want to make a post here that goes over the basic’s glacial deposits and some of my hypothesis
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