No mica

[GoldbeltDan]

I did a few test pans in a creek. I got black sand coarse quartz sand and some cobbles, But no mica. Is it possible to find gold without mica's presence? I don't want to be wasting my time if theres no gold in the area. I live in Georgia around the gold belt.

 

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[goldenmojo]

Did you find gold?

 

[KevinInColorado]

Mica is not particularly associated with gold. Its presence or absence means nothing.

 

[ratled]

Why did the title of this post make me think about one of my daughters songs... "I'm all 'bout that gold, bout that gold.... no mica"

ratled

 

[GoldbeltDan]

No just skimmed the top got to get deeper plus wrong side of the creek.

 

[Lanny in AB]

I rarely, if ever, find mica in the areas I'm currently working, but in other areas, it was present with the gold, so no, you don't have to find mica to find gold.

All the best,

Lanny

 

[nh.nugget]

We have yellow mica up here. It's kinda funny the newbies will show you a vial of mica thinking the struck it rich. I just say good for you. LOL!

 

[Duckshot]

We have yellow mica up here. It's kinda funny the newbies will show you a vial of mica thinking the struck it rich. I just say good for you. LOL!

I guess!

It takes mad crazy skill to remove mica with a density about half that of black sand from on top of black sand. Gold panners are aiming for the dense stuff, not the other way around.

Where there is placer gold, there is always black sand.