Where is Gold In Texas? (USGS MRDS Gold Maps Review)

Where is Gold In Texas USGS MRDS Review. Another USGS gold map review of where has gold been found in Texas. For more about how to prospect for gold see this presentation: SourDoughMiner... This resource will help you get started panning for and recovering gold.
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[@ProspectorJess]

This episode is about Where is Gold In Texas with another USGS MRDS Review. Take a look at this gold map review to see where has gold been found in Texas. For more about how to prospect for gold see this presentation: SourDoughMiner.com/GDU/ This resource will help you get started panning for and recovering gold.

[@josefschwentner340]

I tested these gold flakes I found in CentralTexas I tested with nitric acid it shows 62 to 70% gold or 10 karat gold I had someone else testing at a shop in Austin same results

[@josefschwentner340]

I'm finding these flakes in Central Texas I tested these flakes with nitric acid testing positive for 10 karat or 62 to 70%I had the same material tested by someone else at a local shop in Austin using nitrric acid same results 10 karat gold

[@texasfossilguy]

I work in Midland as a geologist, we actually do have downhole pumps now that arent using lift technology, but are submersible pumps also. Both are done now.

[@texasfossilguy]

@@josefschwentner340 Im a geologist about to be unemployed if you want a panning partner. My guess is in the next month there wont be any oilfield jobs lol. Just putting that out there.

[@josefschwentner340]

@@texasfossilguy ive. Been told to hand dredge cracks and crevices in the llano river and will like to check this out asap i am finding gold flakes on a regular basis in central texas the trouble im having is refining this material and finding people interested in. Buying the flakes in the natural.

[@toddpickens2994]

I work in the oilfield. I now live in Midland TX. One of the rigs I service hit a large pocket of pyrite. At 6000 ft. The rig is 6 miles East of Fort Stockton on I10. The screening from the mud was loaded with pyrite.

[@texasfossilguy]

Theres alot of pyrite down there. Majority of it is replacement of organic matter and theyre typically within the shales. Other associated lithology is varieties of chert which eats up bits. Thats basically silica.

[@brink1553]

Montague county Texas had a sand or gravel pit that had traces of gold. The fill from the pit was used for part of US 287.

[@royybarra3579]

I tracked down las almagres and found a gold mine in the area on a creek on private property..I found a large quartz vein heading to a small bluff..followed it to a mine that had a giant granite boulder rolled on top of entrance .it would take more than ten men to remove it..it had been there for at least 250 years by the oak trees growing out and around it..the Spaniards or Mexican miners probably left it that way to return to it..no body came back but I found it..what was behind that round boulder is another story..but I haven't worked since 1998. Right in the area you mentioned on your map..lost mines exist..they are out there..go find them...

[@Boubsie]

Where was this

[@royybarra3579]

@@Boubsie I kinda told you where to find it..find las almagres and the creek next to it ..and you got the spot..

[@Boubsie]

@@royybarra3579 thanks, I didn’t catch the location at first read

[@drb6530]

Ok sure 😂

[@BarefootBill]

You Lucky Bastard! Congrats

[@christopherturner9197]

I found some in central Texas south of Abilene

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

Nice find! I found a few specks here in the San Angelo area. Trying to get an idea of what made all of the river rock deposits on top of these mesas, as there's a lot of dirty quartz with decomposed sulfide voids in it as well as hematite and magnetite. Good evidence of gold bearing materials were deposited here at some point a long time ago, back when a river traversing this area went west instead of east. There's a possibility that one of those old riverbeds littered with placer gold might still be preserved with minimal overburden somewhere out here, could be a few feet or a hundred feet underground, but the hard part is finding it.

[@georgenelson8917]

There is also a tiny amount of gold in Uvalde County Tx as there are c 28 small volcanoes in the county . A gold mine was worked at knippa Tx and a nugget was found in sands of Seco creek . I am a planner and live in that county. C 100 miles west of San Antonio

[@Gold17]

Thanks I was wishing there were more gold closer to the house. Lol

[@ProspectorJess]

You and me both!

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

What you said about gold being deep in the Permian basin region is spot on. Rigs will occasionally see flecks of gold coming up from way down there, but just as you said...virtually impossible to extract any of it in meaningful quantities. I have a piece of core sample with a couple tiny bits of gold showing, the desire to crush it down and pan that gold is strong. As for that center bit, that's the Llano uplift, caused by a pluton. Some really ancient rock visible there on the surface now, and that's where most of the gold comes from. Out west, in the area just north of Presidio, there used to be a rather successful silver and lead mine. Core sampling shows that there's still a lot left to mine, but they're waiting for the price to go up before going into full production. Lajitas is close to there, known for its mercury mines in the form of cinnabar. There's no shortage of legend and lore west of the Pecos about lost gold mines, the most famous is probably Ben Sublett's lost gold located somewhere between Pecos and the Guadalupe mountains. It's right on that line where you'd expect gold to be...though nobody has found any yet.

[@paulbiccum4862]

I very well may have maybe it is been Struble gold mine it’s probably about a week’s ride from that alkaloid dust bucket god that is some dusty dirt i’m ready to retire that’s my retirement and I know what I found a place to rock over and I know exactly where it’s at 🍺🍺

[@paulbiccum4862]

Oh yes I found bashed in conquistador helmets with bones and there’s quite a few of them there along with chest armor three 400 year old murder scene it’s my motherfucking God some will go to charity I am retiring ⚒

[@bigxmusic6550]

His drawing of Texas on the map😂😂

[@bingsballyhoo711]

Thanks for covering Texas. I'm sad that there's not much here, but at least there is some. And it is great that we can put the Saudis out of control of our US oil resources.

[@ProspectorJess]

Yeah who would have thought back in 1979 we'd be back in production?

[@spicyroads]

The biggest oil refinery in Texas is owned by Saudi...look up motiva

[@bingsballyhoo711]

@@spicyroads well, that's not good news, either.

[@richardbeee]

I'm a retired assayer and have assayed samples from Texas. Hard rock. There are some pretty amazing deposits there. Copper/silver/gold. Had a lotta of fun with those Texans. The problem is most of Texas is privately owned (if not all), and they take great pride in keeping their land prestine. I don't really blame them for not wanting their property prowled around by a big mining company that's used to bust and go.Thanks for the memories Jess!

[@RandyTerrell7174]

Not to mention national parks, I've found gold in the Guadalupe mountains and was denied permission from the state to excavate, but I hope to make it back for a look see before I'm to old

[@richardbeee]

@@RandyTerrell7174 I found a vein of silver there when i lived in Lovington🙂

[@alfredmolison7134]

I'm constantly being pestered to sell some inherited property that has some oil under it. I refuse to do it because I don't want a bunch of pollution from drilling and possibly fracking on that plot and adjacent areas. I'd get a little short term money for a long term mess.

[@mwils51]

​@@alfredmolison7134Must not be in Texas. You can not stop oil drilling in Texas and they don't have to drill on your land to get it. You might stop the drilling pad, but they will just pool your land with your neighbors and drill from your neighbor to get your oil.

[@autotek7930]

I live in El paso Texas and they say theren ain't no gold here but i refuse to believe that just by looking at the Franklin mountains and all the road cuts going over the transmountain highway. There's strata standing vertical up there lol. Lots of folding and a lot of rusty rocks and lots of color changes.

[@houstonfirefox]

The Quitman Mountains in southern Hudspeth County have had significant deposits of gold. They were showing up on your map but you went straight to the mines in Mexico (I thought this was about Texas?). Anyhoo, you skipped over them entirely.

[@toddpickens2994]

Thanks for doing TX. Been prospecting in TX since 98. Lived on the Llano river for a while.

[@JM-yx1lm]

Have you found anything?

[@zachariahmagallan5738]

Is there good gold in the llano river

[@toddpickens2994]

@@zachariahmagallan5738 There is gold in the Llano but it is very fine. 100 mesh or smaller. The other problem is the Llano is full of very heavy black sand. Nearly every creek, river, ditch or lake in the Llano uplift area has some gold. I got some decent size flakes out of the upper end of Lake Marble falls one year when they lowered the lake. Just dont let the LCRA see you doing it.

[@zachariahmagallan5738]

You can't take mechanical equipment out there can you

[@toddpickens2994]

@@zachariahmagallan5738 In TX on State owned land you are suppose to have a permit to prospect. The llano River used to be permitted up at all public access areas. You would just need permission from the permit holder. Most permit holders belong to the Round Rock GPAA chapter. I do not have contact info. Dredges with 5" or smaller suction nozzles are allowed. Simple rules No spills in water or on land No digging near bridges or low water crossings No undercutting banks No trespassing There is also a pay to dig on the Llano river 5 miles N of Kingsland TX on hwy 1431 It's called Longs Fish and digging. You should be able to google it. He has a 1000 acres on the Llano river with a couple of small creeks. You can find gold there. He also allows arrowhead digging. Malcom Long is the owner.

[@dannycasey8261]

A large part of Central Texas is called The Llano Uplift. Molten granite and other minerals are all over this area.

[@jessereiter328]

Gold and oil. My dad and his brothers were geologist and were in oil and gas but didn't find near as much oil as their dad did near Mexia. Getting oil and gas out of low permeability sand and shell they would Pump fluid with sand so the cracks stay open .

[@jeffharwood624]

Trans Pecos area. (dangerously crime ridden) Area is overpriced, overpopulated with scorpions, snakes and other two, four and eight legged critters.

[@danielwhite6441]

Parker, Hood and counties near by have silver and coal mines from the 1800s. They say other types of precious metals are in the old mines still.

[@sirjhonson8218]

I have only heard of gold in the Llano River in Texas

[@tooterplumber1128]

Sure do appreciate getting Texas. I really didn't think there was any gold in Texas other than that black stuff. LOL. I apologize for not getting this comment in earlier. But I finally got-ur-dun. LOL. I'm gonna go back and check out different videos. Keep them coming please.

[@ProspectorJess]

No problem, we'll keep the video's going...

[@toddpickens2994]

The Llano uplift area is loaded with rare earth minerals. Lots of pegmatites. Lots of iron deposits also.

[@ProspectorJess]

Interesting, rare earth minerals are the new gold.

[@Douglasguardado]

Great Job 👏 headed on fishing trip to Llano River I’ll keep an eye 👁 for gold nuggets very informative

[@Regurgitatingnineoclocknews]

How about in our backyards 😀. Im gonna try the Trinity River for sapphire and jasper . Im in Fort Worth TX

[@JohnAnastasio]

I heard a rumor that there’s been gold found in Irion county Texas. I wouldn’t have thought much of it but a friend of mine found something that looked like gold and it passed 2/3 tests in a screen for oil in the area. If it wasn’t gold but looked like gold and passed 2 of the 3 tests at a gold buying store what could it have been?

[@slevinkelevra5540]

so growing up flipping rocks looking for crawdads. like in frisco just bc there is quarts doesnt mean gold. now that being said i figured gold was ever where its why they bought the mineral rights for pennys on the dollar

[@ken2tou]

I live in Spicewood and ride throughout the area of the Llano Uplift. It is what is left of one of the oldest mountain ranges on the American continent. Finding gold there would be of no surprise.

[@terrywyatt8304]

Right, dont believe that.More than 90% of possibilities have never been looked at.

[@RecklessSavage]

llano texas baby come help me mine my creek XD

[@robertmunoz6179]

So you say gold can be found but it is very deep and can only be reached by drilling?. How about the fracing in south Texas has that shown traced of gold

[@ProspectorJess]

Again, they are fracking for oil in south west Texas at depths no prospector can go. Metallic gold is not easily dissolved. Chlorides will do it but not enough to make it worth anything but a trace gold indicator.

[@themaster4655]

Found this episode very interesting. Thank you ☺️

[@DCJNewsMedia]

New sub...most excellent video What countries would you say the Is the anonymouly would be found......the spot area....I am not sure a spelled the word correctly 🤔.. Ty and God bless you and your family 👪 Chief

[@joekillip6505]

Any gold found when they dredged the icw around rock Port

[@Arkangel1966mc]

I live in Big Spring, Tx. Do you think there maybe some gold here ?

[@texasfossilguy]

Probably not, but there is the cliffs there where you could scout for minerals. Its cretaceous and permian rock generally. A very long way from mountains or granite sources.

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

Only way you'd find any gold there is if it were placer gold from an ancient riverbed. Not very many minerals out there associated with metallic ores.

[@ramirotorres3670]

Or San Antonio river

[@ramirotorres3670]

What about San Antonio

[@texasflashcoveinstaller4317]

So if you could find a place thats below sea level in Texas you could get to the gold 🤷🏻‍♂️ because I know of a study on the Horseshoe Atoll The arcuate mass of fossiliferous limestone of Penn- sylvanian and Permian ages that constitutes the Horse- shoe atoll is very irregular in shape. Its surface con- tains buried hills, depressions, and irregular reentrants, and its flanks slope gently away from the crest on bo*h sides. The area covered by this report includes the highest part of the atoll, the top of which is 3,738 to 5,900 feet below sea level and about 6,150 to 7,900 feet below the ground surface

[@MistaRunIt]

I’d like to add also that there is Diamond Back Rattle Snake Country A gram a gold $50+ A vile of Anti Venom needed to save ur limbs $3000+ Just some food for thought -fellow texan 🤠

[@JBKW71]

What kind of rocks, minerals, fossils, artifacts found in NE Tx (Cass, Morris, Bowie, Titus County area). Thanks for any info.

[@christopherhansen678]

Good evening my dear... I would love to know you more better if you don't mind?

[@abaguettewithacomputer415]

@@christopherhansen678 you’re weird

[@bigdaddy4432]

Thx for the great info! Getting closer, still waiting for Oklahoma...I know its here somewhere.

[@ProspectorJess]

You're welcome, I'm getting closer...

[@brink1553]

Traces are found in the Wichita Mountains. There was a mine and mill built near Tom Steed Lake. The Gold Belle Mine and Milling Co. Some say the mine was salted and stock was sold in the mill so the owner could profit.

[@richardgilbert7028]

I have some recover gold I need refined do you know wher I can take it? Thank you Richard Gilbert

[@clintonandliamlawson3820]

Gold, silver and copper in the waco area. Pretty colors in the creeks.

[@coltonlassetter5522]

I’m from Waco, what creeks are you talking about?

[@terenfro1975]

Not hardly. I’ve been all over the Bosques and the Brazos is too muddy. It’s all limestone.

[@davidvodka6932]

Where is the paville prospect near Burnet Central Texas you had here on your video?

[@LB-qp4by]

I live in oak cliff texas really it's dallas but any ways theres been some contraction on the gas line around my neighborhood and in my ally. I found some gold flakes and small nuggets in some crystal but now ima have to look up the black gold cus it could be that also.q

[@marionrhodejr1437]

ALWAYS learning something new.

[@ProspectorJess]

Always more to learn, and apply!

[@rshutterbug47]

We moved from Colorado to lufkin Texas. We are prospectors. Where would you suggest we go. Good program. We'll be watching.

[@jamesdouglaswhite]

The Llano RIver, actually take a look at Honey Creek where it enters the Llano. On a map, if you follow the dry beds up to the lode, and back down the other side you can see several rivers and creeks with the right names eg Silvermine Creek etc. The mine on Honey creek produced the only offical bar of gold produced in Texas.. If you look up the metal detecting clubs in the area, one of them has quite a few examples of finds from the Llano and around Texas. I was kinda surprised once I found them. I have found a few flakes, out of the Colorado River at the Narrows. That is what got me started, it was totally by accident, noticed out of the corner of my eye. Ive been hooked ever since. If you look at the historical marker at honey creek, between Marble Falls and Lllano on 71, it talks about gold. All rivers in Texas are public access, but not that one, haha. My suggestion is to visit Dans Fish and Dig nearby, they are cheap prices for camping and digging, and even have some questionable cabins (I always camp at the very last spot. If you go, get it, trust me) Very friendly and beautiful place when there is water flowing. If you do enough research you will find that gold has been found all around, typically in smaller quantities, but some pickers too. The most compelling old tale I know of is a lost indian silver mine that is likely in the area, b/c there are caves everywhere. I had to move back to Lubbock to take care of my mother, but I visit and go prospecting or arrowhead hunting about every other month all around there. My number is 5122931045, if ya'll ever feel like planning or discussing. I typically keep my metal detector and pans in my truck, so Im always down for an adventure. I am still learning but who isn't. Finally see Texas on the map. Marble Falls is basically the ancient skeleton of the huge volcano that shapes most of the area and another one was right under St. Edwards University in Austin. Kinda odd b/c the main fault line runs N to S along I35 Dallas to San Antonio. Also, I've also heard of finding Diamonds around, but very rare. From what I understand they are to found in the cone edge, from when the top cone blows out of the volcano. Good luck and. thank you for finally putting Texas on the map.

[@jbowerman50]

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[@taylorsanders1843]

My name is Cody. When I went to a alternative school by ft Stockton. I kicked over a amythest plate hiking up a nearby mt.

[@Skinflaps_Meatslapper]

Lots of amethyst and other quartz minerals out there, especially to the west towards Balmorhea. Not much in the way of gold though.

[@jimmylujan1457]

Is there gold in the Guadalupe mts?

[@Iziireal]

Want to know about Texas Not Mexico.

[@ramirotorres3670]

Questions colorado river runs through could I find in river

[@joekillip6505]

Is there gold in the gulf of Mexico

[@alvinuselton912]

Is there any in Oklahoma?

[@jonnsolis8133]

What about Deep South Texas?

[@Gold17]

Arkansas

[@Arkangel1966mc]

I love your show, very knowledgeable program, please keep up with the good work , Thank you . 😊👍

[@Wolf-CanisLupus]

Very informative, I'm subscribed

[@larrycockerham2525]

that's north west Texas.

[@ProspectorJess]

Watch and see South West and Central Texas - The arrow just points to Texas... (It's a really big state)

[@ramirotorres3670]

Oh and thanks for all the information I learned alot

[@sarahjeanstroud7502]

Is there gold in N E Texas near texarkana?

[@christopherhansen678]

Good evening Sarah.....I would love to know you more e better if you don't mind?

[@sarahjeanstroud7502]

@@christopherhansen678 TY sweetie. Ok

[@christopherhansen678]

@@sarahjeanstroud7502 where are you originally from?and where do you currently live?

[@sarahjeanstroud7502]

@@christopherhansen678 I'm originally from sw louisiana and now in se Texas

[@sarahjeanstroud7502]

@@christopherhansen678 orange texas

[@flashwilson5483]

12:25 left field curve ball

[@texasflashcoveinstaller4317]

Topo

[@short109290]

How about Kansas?

[@johnoliver6882]

C c5

[@eryc333]

What about Lake Worth Texas?

[@ALCE52]

party place back in the 70's

[@mariomerino9758]

awesome video very informative

[@ProspectorJess]

Thanks!

[@terenfro1975]

Llano is a pluton. West Texas is old lava flows. Both areas are privately owned and you will get shot for tress passing. Especially if you are panning without permission.

[@braxtongary6721]

Help me prospector get my hands on some of that mellow yellow

[@martingutierre3124]

Stfu pussygirl

[@braxtongary6721]

@@martingutierre3124 you have a nice last name martini 🍸

[@martingutierre3124]

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[@braxtongary6721]

@@martingutierre3124 are you projecting again Martin I’m sorry for what daddy and uncles did to you but you can keep venting if that helps

[@judaschavez7529]

What about the Guadalupe Mountains just north of Van Horn Tx?

[@texasfossilguy]

I dont think there is any granite there. Those rocks are San Andres formation, Permian strata mostly sands, limes, and shales. There are some springs there, and occasional fossils.

[@SurvivalReviews]

Thumbs down!

[@TheTrumpmancometh2024]

If I discover Gold in Texas do I have to call The Texas railroad commission?

[@TheTrumpmancometh2024]

Did they ever find Curly’s gold?