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about me; kevlorraine2
Topic Started: Thursday 22-04-2010, 09:03 (662 Views)
kevlorraine2
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hi all,
new to this forum, some will know me from the eastern forums same kevlorraine2 handle. gold and coin forum, 4umer detecting forum (old 9msn), australian goldfields, and arizona outback.

as i am planning my first ever trip to WA i might as well be new to the game, when it comes to knowing details of how, where, when, and why etc.

i have a detecting friend (new to WA) in esperence, and a brother in donnybrook.

my hope is to do the touristie thing with my wife (not interested in detecting), shuff her back home on a plane. then start my long dreamed of WA adventure from esperence heading north.

i have a holden rodeo diesel 4b towing an oldist 14ft van (hope it goes the distance), i have lived in the bush or on cattle and sheep properties most of my life and have confidence in the bush. been detecting since 2001. done pine creek, vic triangle, clermont qld - many times.

i will spend some time searching past discussions as i hope to build up better knowledge of WA areas,
the knowledge of 20A permits, get a WA licence, etc.

heading north from esperence, about a month later i should find myself in the pilberra area or kimberleys. will then head east to NT and then to my old stamping grounds of N QLD.

i would appreciate any advice offered, i like to find my own plots, by reading the land (which will be completely different over there) i know the best places to do this is the far distance areas, where few white men have trod (except for millions of detectorites and old timer diggers).

so any help will be greatfully received, hope to renew some acquantiances, and meet new others. if i strike you in the bush i will have a cold beer in the fridge at my camp ... kev
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Welcome to the forum KevLorraine2,
Yes I have seen your past posts on other forums.
WA goldfields extend over a massive area and much of the terrain varies greatly. Deeper gravel/ironstone/quartz around Kalgoorlie/Coolgardie/Ora Banda/Siberia.
Head north to Leonora/Laverton the ground is predominitely shallow and the host rocks are mainly granite/greenstone/ironstone/quartz.
My theory is any of these formations backing onto granite outcrops are worth a detect.
Keep your eye out for what we locally call "volcanoes" invaribly gold is found around these blows.
These blows are made up of non magnetic rocks but give a very strong signal when the coil is waved over them. There is sometimes a centre indent like a vent. The same rock is not found around the area. You will no doubt come across the occasional volcano that a past prospector has dug the centre out.
Others have suggested that these formations have been built by pebble mice, if so they must have big wheel barrows to truck the rocks in :D

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Good luck and safe travels, it is a very unforgiving country out there for the foohardy and unprepared.

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Peter
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Hi KevLorraine2,

Welcome to the forum.
You will find a wealth of information here to help in your research for gold.

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Ted
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thanks fellas, mini volcanos eh. always something new around the next corner. guess i am in for a huge learning curve with the WA flora fauna and geology. looking forward to it ... kev :)
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Thursday 22-04-2010, 09:29

Keep your eye out for what we locally call "volcanoes" invaribly gold is found around these blows.
These blows are made up of non magnetic rocks but give a very strong signal when the coil is waved over them. There is sometimes a centre indent like a vent. The same rock is not found around the area. You will no doubt come across the occasional volcano that a past prospector has dug the centre out.
Others have suggested that these formations have been built by pebble mice, if so they must have big wheel barrows to truck the rocks in :D









Someone suggested to me they are the remains of underwater volcanic vents, but others have said it is pebble mouse mounds, with the mice (now extinct) using the rocks as a form of water entrapment (water forms on the underside at dew point). I have found nuggets in these mounds up in the Pilbara where the mound was in the middle of the patch. Around Meeka the mounds are almost always as noisy as all hell with them often having a confused detector operators dig hole planted in the centre.

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hi jp, and nightjar,

was looking through past g g and t mags last night.(last three years)
came across a picture of pebble mouse activity, and explanation like you say JP.
the picture had small pebbles, and several small mound in the one overall spot, obviously pebble mice.
nightjars, pics above had much bigger stones, the mice must have been on steroids? and the stones were symmetrically rising to the one central area, where the depression or detector dig was.

must be both on the go.
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Morning Kev,
Have had several attempts to positively identify these mysterious mounds that are usually surrounded by scattered nuggets. No one to date can prove either way.
The first pic is the largest, photographed at Youanmi, measured approximately 4 metres diameter. The rocks measure up 30mm so it is very unlikely stacked up by mice. The rock is not found outside the immediate area so the explanation indicates a fissure/vent. Maybe they could also be associated with formation of gold considering the nuggets found in the vicinity?

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Peter (Nightjar)
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hi NIGHTJAR

my first thought about your mini volcanos was - in my ignorance - mini concentrated kilberlite pipes.
i would have a clue what kinberlite country looks like. but as the gold fever is embedded in my system i thought of the next best thing - diamonds. pity our detectors dont pick up on them.
... kev
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Hi Kev,
We wish :D they were Kimberlites, however it is highly unlikely.
I will collect a sample of the rocks next time I'm in the region and take them and some photos in to the UWA and see if our learned people can get to the bottom it..

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Peter
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Gday All,

Is there any chance these could be old Mallee fowl mounds?

Regards,

John.
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To the best of my knowledge there is no evidence of the Mallee Fowl migrating to Western Australia.

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Ted,
They moved in many many years ago...

http://www.malleefowl.com.au/
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I stand corrected but I must admit I've never seen one here in W.A. only in Victoria.

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John1951,
In answer to your question, it is, no, definitely not mallee fowl mounds.
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