Alex, I'll re-post this here for you, as you're in an area where flour gold sounds likely. If you already know all of this, my apologies, and feel free to ignore it:
If you're after glacial (flour) gold, it gets deposited in a similar manner, regardless of the region.
Find a stream and look for gravel bars. Where you find rocks concentrated in the bar that are fist-sized and larger, dig some dirt and start to pan. Do a check on your local area to see what other heavies are running with your glacial gold: magnetite, hematite, garnets, etc. These super-heavies will be known as your indicator materials, in other words, they will run with the gold. So, when they start to show up in your pan, you'll either be close to the gold (just to the right, to the left, slightly above it, and so on) or right in the middle of it.
So, find out what the common super-heavies in your area are, as they are like bread crumbs for you to follow.
After you dig down around those fist-sized rocks, keep sampling as you go down. The gold should be concentrated in the upper six inches or so. There may be other pay layers, but glacial gold is so light that it gets shifted quite easily, and it's usually found near the surface. So, if you dig a hole to China, you'll very likely punch right through the pay, so sample very carefully as you dig down.
All the best as you go out to try and catch the fever,
Lanny
Bedrock and Gold: The mysteries . . .
