Gold Fields by State

Table of Contents Introduction Washington’s Geological Framework and Why Gold Occurs Principal Gold Deposit Types in Washington The Republic Gold-Silver

Contents Is There Gold in Arkansas? The Ouachita Mountains: Why Gold Rumors Outran Gold Production Why Arkansas Did Not Become

Table of Contents Introduction Iowa’s Gold Status Bedrock Geology and Age Why Iowa Has Trace Gold Minerals Iowa Is Known

Contents Is There Gold in Alabama? Why Alabama Has Gold in the Piedmont Why Alabama Is Not a Major Gold

Table of Contents Introduction Best Prospecting Area: South Mountain Piedmont and Blue Ridge Gold Ground Streams, Gravels, and Placer Traps

Table of Contents Introduction New York’s Gold Reality Adirondack Basement and Grenville-Age Rocks Central Park, Manhattan Schist, and Hartland Schist

Table of Contents Introduction Louisiana Gold Status Bedrock and Surface Geology Ancient Seas, Deltas, and Basin Sedimentation Why Louisiana Has

Table of Contents Where Gold Is Found in Ohio How Ohio Gold Got There Why Ohio Does Not Have Major

Table of Contents Where Gold Has Been Reported in Oklahoma The Wichita Mountains and Oklahoma’s Best Gold Story Oklahoma Geology

Table of Contents Introduction Why Rhode Island Has Almost No Gold Avalonian Bedrock and Narragansett Basin Geology Glacial Sediment and

Table of Contents Introduction Why New Hampshire Has Gold The Ammonoosuc River Basin Wild Ammonoosuc River Tunnel Brook in Benton

Table of Contents Introduction Maryland Gold Status Mines, Placers, and Reported Gold Occurrences Bedrock Geology and Age Why Gold Occurs

Table of Contents Introduction Missouri Gold Status St. Francois Mountains and the Ancient Igneous Foundation Ozark Dome, Paleozoic Seas, and

Table of Contents Introduction Nebraska Gold Status Western Interior Seaway and Cretaceous Marine Rock Depth to Bedrock and What Lies

Table of Contents Introduction Does Mississippi Have Gold? Why Mississippi Has No Gold District What Mississippi Is Known For Conclusion

Table of Contents Introduction Massachusetts Gold Status Streams and Areas Where Gold Has Been Reported Bedrock Geology and Age Glaciers,

Table of Contents Introduction Where Prospectors Should Start The Carolina Slate Belt Haile Gold Mine and Lancaster County Ridgeway, Brewer,

Table of Contents Introduction Wisconsin’s Two Gold Stories: Glacial Placer Gold and Native Bedrock Gold Wisconsin’s Precambrian Geologic Foundation Glacial

Table of Contents Introduction Best Prospecting Belt: The Carolina Slate Belt Reed Gold Mine and the Charlotte Belt Gold Hill,

Table of Contents Introduction Kentucky Gold Status Streams Where Gold Has Been Reported Bedrock Geology and Age Ancient Seas and

Table of Contents Introduction Best Prospecting Area: Coker Creek Tennessee’s Geologic Provinces Limestone Country and Why It Is Mostly Not

Table of Contents Introduction Michigan Gold Status Lode Gold, Quartz Veins, and Historic Claims Precambrian Bedrock and the Age of

Table of Contents Introduction Oregon’s Principal Gold Provinces The Klamath Mountains and Southwestern Oregon Gold The Blue Mountains and Eastern

Table of Contents Introduction Best Prospecting Area: Llano Uplift Central Texas Rocks and Age Dates West Texas and the Trans-Pecos

Table of Contents Introduction New Mexico’s Gold Position in the United States Ortiz Mountains, Old Placers, and Early Gold Mining

Table of Contents Introduction Why Nevada Is America’s Gold State The Deep Geologic Foundation of Nevada Paleozoic Seas, Carbonate Platforms,

Table of Contents Introduction Montana Gold Status Precambrian Basement, Belt Rocks, and the Old Foundation of Montana Plate Collision, Subduction,

Table of Contents Where Gold Has Been Found in North Dakota The Geology Behind the Gold Was North Dakota Part

Table of Contents Introduction Where Prospectors Should Start The Black Hills Gold Province Homestake Mine and the Lead District Precambrian

Table of Contents Introduction Where Prospectors Should Start Bingham Canyon and Porphyry Copper-Gold Mercur and Sediment-Hosted Gold Tintic and Polymetallic

Table of Contents Introduction Wyoming’s Main Gold Region South Pass, Atlantic City, and Miners Delight The Carissa Mine and Lode

Table of Contents Introduction Why Connecticut Has Only Minor Gold Glacial Gold and Stream Gravels Western Connecticut and Likely Prospecting

Table of Contents Introduction Virginia’s Main Gold Region The Gold-Pyrite Belt Geology Historic Mines and Counties Placer Gold and Stream

Table Of Contents Introduction Why West Virginia Has So Little Gold Glacial and Stream-Placer Possibilities Why Coal Country Confuses Gold

Contents Hawaii Has Gold Only in a Limited Scientific Sense How the Hawaiian Island Chain Formed Why Hawaiian Volcanic Rocks

Contents Yes, Georgia Has Real Gold The Georgia Gold Belt and Appalachian Bedrock Dahlonega and the First Major U.S. Gold

Table of Contents Introduction Why Illinois Has Gold but No Economic Gold Deposits The Ice-Age Origin of Illinois Gold Where

Contents Yes, Idaho Has a Lot of Gold Idaho’s Gold Story in Geologic Time The Idaho Batholith: Cretaceous Magma, Quartz

Table of Contents Introduction: Is There Gold in Delaware? Delaware’s Two Geologic Worlds: Piedmont and Coastal Plain Why Most of

Table of Contents Introduction Colorado’s Gold Provinces Precambrian Basement and the Oldest Host Rocks The Ancestral Rocky Mountains Laramide Orogeny