orange ground?????

[youngdizzy]

Its like a little pool of ground stained orange idk if its goes down through the ground aways or just on the surface but y is it orange is my question

 

[goldenIrishman]

Could be either rust staining or algae stains. Not knowing what area you're in makes it hard to say.

 

[youngdizzy]

Im in va I was thinking rust but wasnt sure I pan in the creek an get lots of black sand but still havent found any gold yet was wondering if this was a gud sign that im on the right track thanks for your response btw

 

[DizzyDigger]

Is it solid (ie: rock) or is it more a matrix of clay, etc?

If there's red clay in the area, could be that it's a deposit of
it along the bottom there.

Nice to know I'm not the only dizzy one on the forums!

 

[Mad Machinist]

AMD aka acid mine drainage. I'm originally from PA and have found that occurring naturally in many areas.

 

[NuggetN8]

That's iron bacteria. Happens in spots that are very rich in iron. Google it and you'll see a bunch of pics similar. Pretty common. It can be natural just from the iron in the creek or could be some old rusty junk buried there.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Could be either rust staining or algae stains. Not
knowing what area you're in makes it hard to say.

If there's red clay in the area, could be that it's a deposit of it along the bottom there.

AMD aka acid mine drainage. I'm originally from PA and
have found that occurring naturally in many areas.

That's iron bacteria. Happens in spots that are very rich in iron.
Google it and you'll see a bunch of pics similar. Pretty common. It can be natural just from the
iron in the creek or could be some old rusty junk buried there.

Well YoungD, it does seem there's more than one possible explanation.

 

[youngdizzy]

Thanks for all the great responses ill have to do more investigating on my next trip out idk you can see it but I was wondering is that a quartz vein running dwn the rock in the bck

 

[youngdizzy]

Btw this sits right next to the creek at the bottom of a bank

 

[NuggetN8]

Thanks for all the great responses ill have to do more investigating on my next trip out idk you can see it but I was wondering is that a quartz vein running dwn the rock in the bck

Looks like it could be one if it's actually on the rock. To me it looks like some kind of a fungus growing on the tree limb in front.

 

[bzbadger]

I just went to a local creek detecting and found what looks to be the same stuff. It stuck to everything. I looked at it closely as I was forced to since i fell in the stuff and saw it was a mixture of red clay and iron. Came home washed off one pair of boots and one shovel, my daughter went with me, didn't wash her boots or shovel and now the stuff is like concrete. It also gave off some false signals so I know it was heavily mineralized.

Get your facts first, then distort them as you please-Mark Twain

 

[youngdizzy]

There's three lines on the rock itself the big one an two smaller off to the side an the fungus on the tree lol ill have to get better pics

 

[NuggetN8]

There's three lines on the rock itself the big one an two smaller off to the side an the fungus on the tree lol ill have to get better pics

Oh ok yeah I see those now. They do look like they could be quartz. Would have to see a closer pic to be sure though.

 

[Ugly Nuggets]

I may be asking a stupid question, but, have you sample panned it... I live in the Dahlonega Gold Belt in the north Georgia Mountains and when I see a streak like that I work the dickens out of it... being in the gold belt many times there is fine to course color,"gold" in just that type of material...

 

[youngdizzy]

No haven't had a chance to get very close to it or the creek its been raining here for the last couple days.once it stops I should beable to get closer an get better pics an a few sample pans