The Secret Every Gold Prospector Needs To Know

Gold prospecting has long been dominated by the belief that quartz veins are the primary source of gold, but this outdated idea keeps countless prospectors blind to the richest auriferous systems on Earth. The truth is that some of the most productive gold deposits have little to no quartz at all. Weathered sulfide lodes, ironstone gossans, silicified zones, fault gouge, carbonaceous slates, volcanic alteration and deep-weathered regolith can all shed visible gold, fine gold and coarse nuggets into the landscape without leaving a single classic quartz vein behind. In this article, we explore these hidden geological gold sources in detail and show how understanding them can completely transform your prospecting success. If you want to find the gold everyone else walks over, this is the knowledge that makes the difference.