NUPA NUGGETS

Northern Utah Prospectors Association October 2013

Next Meeting, October 23, 2013

Curt Dayton and others will talk about prospecting experiences
Presidents Message
Hi everyone; I want to thank Allen Chenworth, for taking the time to come and give a talk about geology, how and where to find gold in different alluvial and placer areas it was very informative. What a great slide presentation on different geological formations that could indicate gold. Also want to thank the members that made it out to help with the road clean up, you guys are fantastic. Thank you to Carolyn for being our treasurer. You leave this position with us very well informed and up to date on all transactions. Also thank you for continuing to do the great job on the news letter for us. Election nominations have started for next year, your participation is essential for the continuation of the club. Going in the direction you want it to go. All board member positions are up for election. We will also need someone to do the news letter after December. Thanksgiving dinner will be at the Eagles club on the 16th. Don't forget to check the sign-up list and to sign-up to bring something. The club will provide the turkeys and a couple of hams for those that don't like or care for turkey... you know who you are LOL. Hope that you all are able to squeeze in a couple more trips this year before the cold sets in. Curt Dayton will be your speaker for our October meeting, along with a couple of surprise speakers (not sure if they know or not it's a secret) May your pans smile back at ya

Gold: $1,276.40 Silver: $21.40 As of October, 14, 2013

In This Issue
Pres message Treasurers report Winners Formation of Gold Geoligic map References Ads Calendar

Mike

Officers 2013
President Mike John 435-866-2275 1st Vice President Mike Kozlowski

Treasurers Report
Checking Sep 31 Balance $ 2,404.39 Savings Sep 31 Balance

Sep, 2013

$ 4840.52

Winners
White Ticket: (Door Prize)

2nd Vice President Steve Sherman

Magnetic Parts Holder -Val Lundgreen Nugget Pouch Sheila Hopkins 10x Magnifying Loop Hal Berry Decal Rex Isaacson Decal Jenny Kramer Small Nugget Steve Sherman Blue Ticket: (Raffle) Blue Classifier Pan Larry Lauer Digital Pocket Scale Neilo Taylor Gold Pan Neilo Taylor Small Nugget Ryan Larkin Large Nugget Neilo Taylor Door prize (white ticket) winners are asked to bring refreshments to the next meeting and are reimbursed with a receipt.

Newsletter Carolyn Durga Secretary/Treasurer Sheri Gaddis Parliamentarian Dave DeHeer Claims Director Lonnie Fausett

Holiday Gatherings
Members at Large Kim & Sandy Patterson Leo & Donale Richan Bob Shriber Hal & Lynda Berry Alan Meyer Curt Dayton

Thanksgiving Potluck! Saturday, November 16, 6:00pm

Signup sheets available at the September and October Meetings. Eagles Club, Sign up sheets managed by Sheri Gaddis: sherigaddis1234@comcast.net

Christmas Friday, December 13, 6:30pm

Golden Corral, 988 Washington, Ogden Everyone is responsible for their own expenses Attendance required for gift and drawings

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Formation of Gold
Part of a story on an Australian website: http://www.sbs.com.au/gold/story.php? storyid=128 by Dr. Bill Birch, Senior Curator, Geosciences, Museum Victoria

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Because gold is very stable over a wide range of conditions, it is very widespread in the earths crust. While its overall concentration is very low (about 5 milligrams per ton of rock), rich concentrations of gold, forming ore deposits, are known throughout the world. The well-known saying amongst prospectors that "gold is where you find it" suggests its occurrence is unpredictable, but it is now known that certain geological environments favor golds formation. A popular misconception is that natural gold has cooled from a molten state. In fact, gold is transported though the Earths crust dissolved in warm to hot salty water. These fluids are generated in huge volumes deep in the Earths crust as water -bearing minerals dehydrate during metamorphism. Any gold present in the rocks being heated and squeezed is sweated out and goes into solution as complex ions. In this form, dissolved gold, along with other elements such as silicon, iron and sulphur, migrates wherever fractures in the rocks allow the fluids to pass. This direction is generally upwards, to cooler regions at lower pressures nearer the Earths surface. Under these conditions, the gold eventually becomes insoluble and begins to crystallize, most often enveloped by masses of white silicon dioxide, known as quartz. This association of gold and quartz forms one of the most common types of "primary gold deposits". Veins and reefs of gold-bearing quartz can occur in many types of rock, for example around granites, in volcanic rocks or in regions of black slate, but in most cases these host rocks are not the immediate source of the gold. Gold deposits have formed at many different times during Earths history. For example, those in Western Australia are believed to have formed about 2400 million years ago, during a period of intense metamorphism and intrusion of igneous rocks. The gold bearing quartz reefs in Victoria are significantly younger, about 400 million years, but also owe their origin to a period of intense metamorphism in the region. As chemical weathering and erosion gradually break down the host rocks and lower the land surface, the quartz and gold veins are eventually exposed to the atmosphere. The veins provide far more resistance to chemical attack than the surrounding rocks, so that mechanical weathering is required to fragment the quartz, thereby releasing the gold. Because they are relatively heavy, particles of gold are more difficult to move and so become naturally concentrated in the soil or in adjacent gullies or streambeds. These concentrations are known as alluvial or placer deposits and have yielded incredible riches on some goldfields, such as those in California and central Victoria. Alluvial deposits take many forms, including sands and gravels in the beds of modern day streams, in old river valleys buried under lava flows or perched on hilltops due to uplift of the land surface. The terms shallow and deep leads are used in Victoria for gold-bearing gravels covered by younger sedimentary layers or lava flows. These were especially important in the Ballarat district. Because of its resistance to chemical attack, gold can be recycled from one type of alluvial deposit to another. Ballarat district is where the most recent huge (177 oz) nugget was found in 2013

Membership Dues
Membership dues are from January through December. Anyone joining after October 1 will be considered a paid member through the next calendar year. New membership Renewal Mailed Newsletter $40.00 $30.00 $5.00

E-mail copies of the newsletter are included as part of membership. Mailed newsletters add $5.00 to renewal to help defray cost of postage and printing. You will have an opportunity to choose your newsletter delivery preference when you renew your membership.

Utah Geologic Map

Quaternary Tertiary Cretaceous Jurassic Triassic Permian Carboniferous Devonian Silurian Ordovician Cambrian Precambrian

Reading a Geologic Map of Utah

The western part of Utah is in the Basin and Range province. Due to plate movements on the far -off west coast during late Tertiary time, this part of the state and all of Nevada to its west have been stretched by some 50 percent. The upper crust split into strips, which tilted upward into ranges and downward into basins, while the hot rocks beneath rose up to elevate this region by nearly 2 kilometers. The ranges, shown in various colors for their rocks of many different ages, shed huge amounts of sediment into the basins, shown in white. Some basins contain salt flats, most notably the floor of former Lake Bonneville, now a world-famous test track for ultrafast automobiles. Widespread volcanism at this time left deposits of ash and lava, shown in pink or purple.
The southeastern part of the state is part of the Colorado Plateau, where the mostly flat-lying sedimentary rocks laid down in shallow Paleozoic and Mesozoic seas were slowly raised and gently folded. The plateaus, mesa, canyons, and arches of this region make it a world-class destination for geologists as well as wilderness lovers. In the northeast, the Uinta Mountains expose Precambrian rocks, shown in dark brown. The Uinta range is part of the Rockies, but almost alone among American ranges, it runs east-west.

The Utah Geological Survey has an interactive geologic map to provide all the detail you can get. Go to: http://geology.about.com/od/maps/ig/stategeomaps/UTgeomap.htm for details on specific geologic features

shown on the map Go to: http:// geology.about.com/library/bl/ time/blcolorus.htm to learn about the colors used on the map showing the age of the formations Go to: http:// geology.about.com/od/maps/ ss/How-To-Read-A-GeologicMap.htm to learn how to read a geologic map Utah's placers are usually associated with areas of igneous rocks. Goldbearing solutions deposited gold within the surrounding rock formations (lode or primary deposit). As these gold-bearing rocks are eroded, the free gold is deposited and concentrated into placer (or secondary) deposits. Finding gold is possible in any stream or river that crosses a gold-mineralized area. However, since the known placer deposits have been worked and reworked for over 100 years, the chance of finding large concentrations of gold in Utah's streams is small.
From: geology.utah.gov

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