fountain creek gold |
fountain creek gold |
Mar 11 2014, 11:24 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 16-February 14 Member No.: 116,701 |
hello everyone,
i was wondering if anyone has ever found any actual gold in fountain creek around the town of fountain. it seems from some research i was doin the possibility is there but nothing has confirmed either way. and if so i was wondering if anyone knew they legal gray area sourronding sluicing there. |
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Mar 12 2014, 08:12 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 613 Joined: 16-October 08 From: Central Colorado Member No.: 6,813 |
The water quality is so bad that there are continued warnings against human contact within that drainage.
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Mar 12 2014, 08:19 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 496 Joined: 15-January 13 Member No.: 52,528 |
You couldn't pay me enough to play in fountain creek. Between the discharge from the sewage plant on Vegas, the trash that gets dumped in there on a regular basis, and the homeless folks using it as a restroom/dumping ground for drug paraphernalia that's a case of Hep A waiting to happen. Have you smelled it during the summer?
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Mar 12 2014, 08:40 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 16-February 14 Member No.: 116,701 |
yeah i know and this may sound very redneck ish but ive been playin in fountain creek since i was like 10. and as far as i know there hasnt been any raw sewage in there since the waldo floods. and those floods is honestly the reason why i wasted to go look.
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Mar 12 2014, 08:42 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 16-February 14 Member No.: 116,701 |
and besides by that notion anyone who sluices in the arkansas after fountain creek dumps in there would be supseptable to the very same.
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Mar 12 2014, 10:03 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 496 Joined: 15-January 13 Member No.: 52,528 |
I'd be more worried about heavy metal contamination in the Arkansas from mine leaching.
As for gold from the floods it's possible, but unlikely. Gold has been known to be found around the Helen Hunt Falls area in small quantities, which could have possibly been washed out and down Cheyenne Creek into Fountain Creek as they do connect at I25 and Nevada. Colorado Springs sits on the wrong side of the mountain to have significant deposits of gold, we got the short end of the stick when it comes to geological luck. -------------------- Life goes by so fast/You only wanna do what you think is right/Close your eyes and it's past/Story of my life - Mike Ness
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Mar 12 2014, 10:30 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 16-February 14 Member No.: 116,701 |
I'd be more worried about heavy metal contamination in the Arkansas from mine leaching. As for gold from the floods it's possible, but unlikely. Gold has been known to be found around the Helen Hunt Falls area in small quantities, which could have possibly been washed out and down Cheyenne Creek into Fountain Creek as they do connect at I25 and Nevada. Colorado Springs sits on the wrong side of the mountain to have significant deposits of gold, we got the short end of the stick when it comes to geological luck. yeah im starting to realize that lol. i have seen a youtube video where a guy found some in manitue in fountain creek i have gone on a few hikes to look for some rocky outcorpppings but only dug one test hole to look for some color and havent gone out and screened it down to look yet. i have how ever gone over some of the 1/4in material with a uv light and i picked out 4 pea sized rubies :) |
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Mar 12 2014, 11:29 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 6-March 14 Member No.: 116,947 |
professor, does uv light make the gems stand out?
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Mar 12 2014, 11:55 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 16-February 14 Member No.: 116,701 |
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Mar 12 2014, 02:22 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 6-March 14 Member No.: 116,947 |
I already did after reading your post. that is neat. I am loving this forum. I am learning more everytime I read posts. thank you for the information.
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Mar 12 2014, 02:42 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 16-February 14 Member No.: 116,701 |
its just a shame the only answers to my questions i got werent answrs at all..... hahaha
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Mar 12 2014, 03:08 PM
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Master Mucker! Group: Admin Posts: 4,149 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Colorado Member No.: 3 |
Actually I believe your question was answered and welcome to the forums.
I'd be more worried about heavy metal contamination in the Arkansas from mine leaching. As for gold from the floods it's possible, but unlikely. Gold has been known to be found around the Helen Hunt Falls area in small quantities, which could have possibly been washed out and down Cheyenne Creek into Fountain Creek as they do connect at I25 and Nevada. Colorado Springs sits on the wrong side of the mountain to have significant deposits of gold, we got the short end of the stick when it comes to geological luck. I'd also heed those warnings given by those who did, they know what they are talking about! As far as the "legal grey area about sluicing"? That's your responsiblity as a prospector in the field to learn and know about for areas you wish to prospect. Dypheron and Astrobleme, thanks for the answers given and thank you to panner13 for compliments once again on the forum. We've got a great group here! -------------------- CP-Owner/Administrator
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Mar 12 2014, 03:17 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 16-February 14 Member No.: 116,701 |
Actually I believe your question was answered and welcome to the forums. I'd also heed those warnings given by those who did, they know what they are talking about! As far as the "legal grey area about sluicing"? That's your responsiblity as a prospector in the field to learn and know about for areas you wish to prospect. Dypheron and Astrobleme, thanks for the answers given and thank you to panner13 for compliments once again on the forum. We've got a great group here! thanks for the warm welcome. at some point between now and the spring that i plan to become a full member of this prospecting club ( i hear good things) to go on outtings and such with my family, i have a wife and 2 step kids that would like to not only have fun but make memories and maybe even some money in the process. i dont mean to offend anyone but the "warnings" of fountain creek dont scare me. like i said ive been playing in that creek for over 15 years. i grew up along those waters, i even remember when there were fish in there! there is a resource by the BLM thet gives stats on rivers like flow rate, discharge, and ppm of disolved contaminates. you can even have them send you text messages if anything changes outside of your set peramaters. |
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Mar 13 2014, 06:35 AM
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russau Group: Members Posts: 2,841 Joined: 4-December 03 From: st.louis missouri Member No.: 43 |
Im suprised that the CDNR or the EPA havent tried to "fix" this problem! and where are all theses socalled "enviromentalists" that are so protective of "mother earth"! why havent they pushed to have it cleaned up? i truely beleive that we ALL are enviromentalists and should act as one,BUT most of these groups go WAAAAAAAAAAAAAY to far in their attempt to "fix mother earth"! so i call them wacoenviromentalists and enviromental terriorists!
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Mar 13 2014, 09:40 AM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 20 Joined: 6-March 14 Member No.: 116,947 |
sorry if mine made you think I could but would not answer your question professor. I am a super noob at this and am learning a lot from these guys here. apparently you as well. lol
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