Remote Prospecting?

[Geowizard]

George "Buzzard" Massie;

https://www.goldprospectors.org/News/Ar ... t-Lives-on

Few people have done more for Gold Prospecting or been a greater advocate of mining rights.

From the link above;

"Rest in Peace (and Prospecting) George, we'll see you out there in the great beyond when it's our time. Until then, may all your pans be full of color and splendor just like the Buzzard would've wanted them to be."

- Geowizard

[Geowizard]

GPAA Alaska Update;

From the GPAA Forum:

GPAA was sold off to an individual named "Brandon". Tom Massie is out. The Cripple Creek camp was last reported in need of repairs. A polite way of saying it's fallen apart.

From my personal research at DNR, GPAA has no mining claims in Alaska. GPAA lists thirty properties without details.

- Geowizard

[Jim_Alaska]

When I was inn Alaska there was one GPAA claim. It was up the Steese highway toward Central/Circle. Access was right off of the highway, but the claim held no gold. It was either all worked out or there never had been any gold there.

GPAA being sold off makes one wonder about the LDMA portion of their holdings, those are all patented and they may still be operating them. The very popular Scott River LDMA Camp is still very much in operation with a full time camp manager. They are only a mile from where I live.

[Geowizard]

Prospecting Council Alaska;

Having spent the past couple of months prospecting geophysical anomalies in the Council survey, I thought it might benefit readers of the Forum if I share some of the results.

The survey lines run north to south and progress in parallel lines from west to east. The first survey line is L10010 and the lines increase by ten. Survey lines L10010 thru L10030 have nothing of interest for GOLD prospectors.

I name anomalies by their location on a survey line

This is a historically significant placer GOLD mining locality.

Those prospectors having an interest may want to check out Alaska Mapper!

Stick around, there's more prospects coming up!

- Geowizard

[Jim_Alaska]

Thanks for the info and link Chuck. It looks like access might be a bit on the difficult side.

[Geowizard]

Jim,

The Nome - Council road branches and goes beyond Ruby Roadhouse. The placer GOLD mining has been continuous with dredging, and other forms of placer mining using dozers, draglines, and more recently excavators and dozers. It is presently an active GOLD mine.

Next, I will show anomalies that support placer GOLD. Ruby Creek has no currently active mining claims. It has a runway on the mine. Active placer GOLD mining is going on.

Stay tuned!

- Geowizard

[Geowizard]

Upon further inspection;

Further inspection of the geophysical survey coverage reveals more details!

What we know about placer GOLD deposits:

1. GOLD erodes from weathered mineral outcrops.

2. GOLD is heavy.

3.GOLD follows a predictable erosion model.

4. Geophysical anomalies indicating a mineral deposit within proximity of existing or past placer GOLD mining AND that fits a probable erosion model becomes a high probability source of LODE GOLD.

This image shows an original geophysical hit that was discussed earlier with a few more important pieces of information. The anomaly is shown with further description of the length of the anomaly.

Early prospectors knew that LODE deposits were often found near placer GOLD deposits. The challenge in this case is that ground cover in the form of tundra made prospecting nearly impossible.

Additional details are shown. On the right side of the image, tailing piles can be seen. www.mindat.org has information about dredging in the 1940's. Note the additional anomalies that can be seen near the tailings piles.

GOLD will often be found in high concentration within the "Halo" surrounding a weathered LODE deposit.

Is it possible to speculate that LODE GOLD and highly concentrated placer GOLD is to be found at those locations?

Stick around, there's more!

- Geowizard

[Geowizard]

Social skills;

One of the unexpected challenges that Remote Prospectors have to deal with is other two legged animals.

In this case, there are existing claims and there is OPEN ground. The challenge for an outsider is finding a seat at the table!

GOLD prospecting is a competition sport. It requires working and playing well with others. I find myself watching various You tube videos. One channel involves an Englishman that travels through the former Soviet Union (solo). Much can be learned from the first-hand experience of others and watching the process of introduction and developing friendly relationships with people you have never met before. There is a technique in meeting people and gaining their confidence.

Let's take a look at Bluff. Bluff is a well known GOLD mining area in the Southeast of the Council mining district.

Introduction and getting the buy-in from the locals requires a relatively high level of social skill.

- Geowizard

[Geowizard]

Mining at Bluff;

Bluff is an important location for prospectors to know about. Bluff is unique because it is an example of where GOLD was recovered on the beach up to 2.76 Troy ounces per ton!

Here's a link: https://www.mindat.org/loc-196565.html

The geophysical survey covers Bluff and surrounding areas.

What does the survey show?

Stick around and find out!

- Geowizard

[Geowizard]

Bluff update;

Between the continually evolving land grabs. mineral closing orders and top filing, it's been mostly picked over.

Bluff and the majority of lands to the north - past Council including Ophir Creek are NOT State of Alaska domain.
The beach has mining claims and because of the salt water cannot be surveyed.

The most favorable prospects with many anomalies is covered by a Mineral Closing Order (MCO).

Other areas show promise based on the geophysical response, it is T/A' d and presently open for location of mining claims.

Gold Bottom shows very nice deposits. It is presently "top filed" by ANILCA and has mining claims pending.

The encouraging news;

There are numerous discrete anomalies on State of Alaska domain that are worthy of boots on the ground prospecting. Each one needs consideration based on access, grade of mineralization and decision making on the risks and probability of reward.

In summary, the proven resources have been locked up. New discoveries remain to be made based on new data that supports the existence of buried, undiscovered deposits.

Stick around for the details!

- Geowizard