wanderer Posted April 21, 2018 Share Posted April 21, 2018 I am going out on my first detecting trip I think I'll be using an xterra 705. The area I am interested in is south western idaho generlly around silver city the war eagle mine and a few other spots up there> I still have alot to do in terms of research and permission. I t looks promising , rugged and well who knows? Does anyone know if this is what you would call a mineralized soil area? I may drive on over to the Jordan valley area of oregon as well. any knowledge on this location? Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigsAlot Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 The man to talk to is Gerry. He is a Idaho dealer and teaches as well. Good guy to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON by Howard C. Brooks and Len Ramp 1968 Bulletin 61 STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES Mining in Idaho 1985 Idaho State Historical Society Gold Camps & Silver Cities by Merle W. Wells 1983 Bulletin 22 Idaho Department of Lands Bureau of Mines and Geology I would operate under the assumption that all mining areas are mineralized soil areas. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldmancoyote1 Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 A good place to start is the USGS MRDS data base. You can download selected areas in a format compatible with Google Earth. Start here: https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/select.php?place=fUS&div=quad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDdesertman Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Around Silver City and War Eagle the entire area is mineralized, though it isn't really nugget country. Most of the production has come from the lode mines, but there is some placer in Jordan Creek and other tributaries. Very silvery gold with high silver content. If I was intent on metal detecting there, I'd be more focused on coins and relics. I suppose the mine dumps could possibly produce some specimens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wanderer Posted April 24, 2018 Author Share Posted April 24, 2018 15 hours ago, Steve Herschbach said: GOLD AND SILVER IN OREGON by Howard C. Brooks and Len Ramp 1968 Bulletin 61 STATE OF OREGON DEPARTMENT OF GEOLOGY AND MINERAL INDUSTRIES Mining in Idaho 1985 Idaho State Historical Society Gold Camps & Silver Cities by Merle W. Wells 1983 Bulletin 22 Idaho Department of Lands Bureau of Mines and Geology I would operate under the assumption that all mining areas are mineralized soil areas. That is pretty much what I thought Which is why I am trying to figure my options and leaning towards a pi machine. I have a line on an xterra 705 I know it is vlf It it has the smaller coil. Just not sure if it will work in. Highly militarized soil but it is better than nothing. As for nuggets perhaps. I am clueless but I always that that all gold starts out as lode gold or is geothermal or intrusive through eart process. Then as the earth is eroded away it winds up in streams as placer gold. But inbetween it is moving down hill slowly and in pieces as nuggets ? I have a couple of those books and will get the others ASAP. So if I don’t find a good deal on a pi. Is the 705; worth getting ? Waiting isn’t an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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