Highly educational, Congratulations on reaching 100K subscribers, thanks for sharing.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed the video.

I can't tell you how much I am looking forward forward the ultraviolet light prospecting video ❤

@liamburgess1150

2 ай бұрын

Glad to see my whole country of new zealand is a zone for this, I'm in the south island too do you have any locations here you can think of I should try? Or should I just look everywhere I think of hahaha

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Will do! I've got a few requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

YES VOTE for UV video please. Doing my 'research', I particularly like the level of detail you are revealing as to associated mineral types. Thanks for the homework Pop (Professor of Prospecting) !

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I've got a few requests - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

Chris I what you to know that you are amazing man and you help us a lot with your knowledge and great way to explain .

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Glad you think so!

Just have to show some appreciation, you've really helped me launch a career as a mineral prospector

@ChrisRalph

3 күн бұрын

Glad to hear it. Happy to help.

Chris if I didn’t know any better I would say you were talking to me. Those are the exact deposits located in my district here in Missouri. Thank you for the sharing that knowledge. I’ll watch this video several more times just to remember all the info. Love ya brother in Jesus name. And yes make the other video mentioned as well 👍

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

The lead-zinc deposits in Missouri actually belong to a different class called Mississippi valley type.

@dannybrown3408

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph striking similarities Chris. Maybe you could do a video about Mississippi River valley deposit s. I can see no difference at all in what your describing and the samples and geology that I’m finding.

@michaelpaul2581

2 ай бұрын

Brother man, im near motherload country and I feel the same as you. It is strange, like Chris is tapped into the divine as he teaches. Many times, almost each time i watch one of his videos they are directly related to what im currently learning and thinking about.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

The deposits in the video have much more silver and gold, and they are associated with nearby intrusions of granitic type rocks. Mississippi Valley type have much less silver and gold and are not associated with nearby intrusions of granitic type rocks. Both are found in limestone rocks and are frequently rich in lead-zinc.

@dannybrown3408

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph actually Chris there are intrusive formations of rhyolite and granite and it is intruding through limestone. The Saint Francis mountain in Madison county Missouri is a very rare and prime example. Geologic maps show granite. One of the largest producers of granite. Iron mountain. This trend continues in the Ozark plateau region. I’m in iron county Missouri and have found intrusive granitic rocks with hydrothermal activity as well. So, very interesting analysis. With that being said 30 percent of lead mines contain gold and there are many here. Don’t get me wrong Chris I’m not attacking your response. I’ve found ore piles as well, breccia quarts cemented with manganese. There is no lead or noticeable minerals in this breccia except manganese. I’m just very passionate. The ore coming out of viburnum is a dolostone which i believe is metamorphic sedimentary, but I have located intrusions of igneous slowly being revealed through erosion. Im not trying to kick a dead horse here my. Great conversation, thank you for allowing me to pick your brain. God bless.

Great content as usual Chris. Yes for UV video thanks.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Coming soon! I've got a few requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

Now we are getting into the juicy stuff. Excellent Information as usual. Thanks Chris!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Thanks much, glad to know you liked the video.

Thanks for your expertise! You have helped me in my prospecting adventures!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Glad to hear it!

Another very informative video Chris.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

As always Chris , loving the content you come up with ! 👍 And congrats on your 100K Subs, you earned and deserve it ⭐⭐⭐⭐🎉🎉

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Thanks a ton! Enjoyed your silver nugget video. Hope you guys are avoiding the rain down there.

Congrats on the 100k subs! Great content so no surprise! There is a granitic plutonic intrusion in a gold bearing area I've been investigating on your suggestion as a good place within easy reach of LA. This gives me some insight on where to look for what. Thanks!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I hope you find some really good gold.

hi chris. since i found you i have been trying to watch every episode as it comes out. thanks for all the knowledge amd yes i would love to see the uv video

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Cool, thanks! I've got a good number of requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two

Great information again Chris, I'd be interested to see a black light prospecting video. They seem to show up a lot of fluorescent minerals. I was amazed by the Yooperlites that were discovered on Lake Michigan a few years ago. You seem to have a lot of requests for a UV video, so I'll look forward to it.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I've got some requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

congrats on 100 K Subs

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Thanks! Been a long hard slog - but I made it! Going to go celebrate at Tahoe with my wife when I get the silver play button.

Chris your videos have helped me to become a better prospector for sure. I have been watching all types of videos on yt and none are close to your knowledge. well Dan hurds is another great prospector. Anyways thank u😊

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Thanks much, I'm glad the videos are helpful.

Congrats on the 100k!!!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!! 🎉 Lots more videos to come.

Hey Chris 👋 thanks for sharing you knowledge by the way nice hair cut my friend 😀 👍

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! The hair keeps growing, got to cut it once in a while.

Very interesting indeed.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I'm glad you think so!

I'm going to get that Book thank you. It'a almost equally interesting being out there and reading the geology of the various deposits

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video and I think you will like the book.

Insightful presentation, amazing is the minds that can retain all this knowledge like listening vince Jones thirty years ago brilliant!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

Excelente vídeo , professor ❤

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for the super informative and entertaining video!! I would love to see a video about prospecting with a UV light! I have dabbled in that type of prospecting a bit but would always love to learn more! Especially regarding the different wavelengths of UV light that can be used and which minerals can be found with each!!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

OK, I've got a couple requests - I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

@Sfunst38

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph Sounds great!! I look forward to it!!

I would love to see that video Chris

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

The UV prospecting video will be out soon.

I love your videos. Their very educational and have been so helpful. I've been studying up on rock identification and mining geology because of tungsten mines we have and I would love to see a video on tungsten and sheelite.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

OK. I will do a tungsten video in the next month or two.

Oh yeah i would love to see a UV prospecting video. This one is great too as a lot of my area deposits are polymetalic veins

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Coming soon! I've got a few requests - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

@garrettmillsap

2 ай бұрын

Awesome! I'm looking forward to it.

Hey Chris, great video as always. I have an idea for you for a new video - Meteorites!!!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Its a fine idea, and I have photos and will do a video on meteorites but its not on my list of stuff to do in the immediate future, but it will get done.

@seansandvik

2 ай бұрын

Hey one other thing, how do PGM nugget specimens form, given that they all melt at such high temps? IE higher than surface lava temps...

Thank you Chris for the ore deposit lessons, very much appreciated! BTW, I believe scarn is more commonly spelled skarn.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

You are right and my bad, but there are some who do write it with a C. But the K is more correct.

I would definitely want a UV prospecting video! I don’t know how much I’d find over here in Georgia, but I’d love to know what to watch out for!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Will do! I've got a few requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

Thanks buddy

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

No problem 👍 Any time.

I recently subscribed and have been scouring past episodes. Incredible information! I know this is off topic but I've exhausted all other avenues. I'm trying to find a non-technical, photographic field guide to the geology of the Superstition Mountains. All I've found are text articles written for geology experts. My wife and I just started backpacking in the Supes and are fascinated by, but woefully ignorant of, the rocks and formations we see. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I was just over there in that part of Arizona, but I do not know of any "non-technical, photographic field guide to the geology of the Superstition Mountains". Sorry.

more pics please thanks love the vids i just dont know what most of the minerals you speak of look like

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I think you might enjoy my videos on how to Identify minerals for yourself. Part 1 can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6SfuZdxisi3nMY.html and Part 2 can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIOL0ZZyiJyWl6Q.html and Part 3 can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kZWWl7Cnl7XShto.html - Those videos should answer a lot of your questions.

Yes I want to see more of mining with a blacklight. I live in Maine and I think skarns would be very possible to find here.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Will do! I've got a good number of requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

Definitely would like to see that uv light

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Will do! I've got a good number of requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two

Hey Chris, I live in northern nevada and have been watching a lot of your content and poking around my community Cold Springs. Are you familiar with the area? Specifically there’s several massive waste rock piles right off 395 on white lake parkway to the right side. I am not sure what was mined there and I have been unable to locate a portal or adit but I have found incredible quartz specimens and also a lot of rich copper rock with the green/blue oxidation. The area seems to be a massive granite extrusion that meets up with a volcanic slate type rock. Curious if you have any knowledge or info on the area considering your a fellow Nevadan!

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Some of the copper dumps were on ores that had some gold too. Some gold specimens have been found there, but not many.

Uv light video is a good idea.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Noted! I've got a good number of requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two

Thanks Chris, Would love to see UV prospecting video. I am in Alder MT and we have metamorphic and volcanic ruby material which really glows in UV. Where in MT is your gold skarn sample from?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I've got a good number of requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two. Are you sure about the rubies? Alder is famous for red garnets formed in metamorphic rocks.

Very interesting! Would prospecting in an area with hot springs be a waste of time or maybe productive?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

It could be worthwhile, but no guarantees. There are a whole lot more hot springs than there are gold deposits related to hot springs. The type of gold deposit related to hot springs is not any of the 3 on the video you watched, they belong to the type I talk about in this video: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dIZ70s6QkrXOZc4.html

I wish you were close to me in western pa. I'm going to change what prospecting history has written for PA. I have so much material that I think if you were to see it, you would be very surprised and likely excited. I think all of the gold here is Super fine. So much so, that people didn't even notice it. Here in Indiana Pa, I live in basically a topographical fishbowl and it shows in the rock/mineral deposits.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Very interesting. Best of luck in your prospecting efforts.

Hey Chris..if you want to check out some exoscarn and probably indoscarn too..I have some. These videos are helpful. Let me know.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

glad you liked the video.

Hey Chris have you done a Video on Prospecting with UV Light or do you plan to do one anytime soon by chance ?

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

By a funny coincidence, the video which will come out tomorrow is on prospecting with UV light. Should be available before 9 am tomorrow.

Is the Climax mine in colorado near leadville a scarn deposit?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Climax is a Molybdenum porphyry, Leadville itself is a pollymetallic replacement deposit.

Hey Chris are there ways of refining copper sulfides, Can you roast them like pyrite to extract copper? Have a good day.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

yes and I did a video on it a while back. See: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gJlm0ZqtZK3IZps.html

@dannybrown3408

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph no offense Chris but that pour was not successful, which leads me to believe something wasn’t right. With that being said how bout a video with a successful pour. I can’t find one using copper sulphides. Not one that actually works. There seems to be always something missing. It could be a huge success. Like you said in the video, these are times of alternatives, as deposits are depleted. The Romans did it, but today with all the knowledge and technology a regular guy doesn’t know where to begin and even if he does, doesn’t seem to have any success. Forgotten knowledge? I’ve heard the history but can’t seem to repeat it. Chris your a wealth of knowledge. I’m sorry to ramble. Thank you for responding your a good man. God bless you

@dannybrown3408

2 ай бұрын

“Give a man a fish and he eats for a day, teach him to fish and he eats for life”

I'd like to see the black light video you mentioned Please. Thanks

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I've got a few requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

interested in the uv light prospecting thanks

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

You got it! I've got a couple requests - I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

Hi Chris , have ever come across any fossils consisting of gold ?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

No, but I have seen and own some fossils that are made of pyrite. (they sort of look like gold)

Hi teacher, I follow your programs from Iran. Thank you for making this video. I am asking if there is a way to talk to you through Telegram. I use the Google Translate program. I wanted the extraction steps to be more precise. In the clip, you first introduced the type of stone and secondly, you heated it, then I don't know if you added water or sulfuric acid to the heated stone. Thank you for the extraction steps from zero to one hundred and teach this person. I really thank you 🙏🏻🌹

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

1. I do not speak Farsi, so I cannot help you. 2. I do not offer any services for personal training, consulting or advisement. I get many such requests and simply do not have time to help all who ask. I do wish you the best of luck, but I am sorry that I cannot offer any help on that level.

I have read geological reports from NW nevada on polymetallic replacements and veins where it was Nickel that was the main metal... assey results were pounds per ton

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

There really is only one district in NW Nevada that has produced significant nickel. It's called cottonwood canyon and the deposits are polymetallic veins.

@jayalderman5801

2 ай бұрын

@ChrisRalph it's in a study area, and the mine is called golden fleece.

At 30:10 ,, what is that white ? I keep finding it even inside rocks!! Is it silver or lead chloride?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

There are literally hundreds of different minerals that occur in a white color. In this case, its calcite, but in your case it might be any of the other hundreds of minerals. Color is the worst way of identifying minerals because so many minerals come in multiple different colors. Please watch my videos on how to Identify minerals for yourself. Part 1 can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6SfuZdxisi3nMY.html and Part 2 can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIOL0ZZyiJyWl6Q.html and Part 3 can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kZWWl7Cnl7XShto.html - Those videos should answer a lot of your questions any help you identify the white mineral you are looking at.

@S13402

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph you are the best Chris,, thats for real 🌹

Iv light video would be very interesting

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I've got a few requests - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

@tyronecull8813

2 ай бұрын

Cheers mate looking forward to it. I do lots of prospecting over here in nz and your videos have helped me alot

The dolomite and limestone mentions make me look around my yard suspiciously 🧐 in northwest Georgia 😂

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Limestone and dolomite a pretty common rock types.

@danielfmyers

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph yep we have them abundantly with a few lenses of red mountain shale and lots of flint.

Bundy hill off road park and gravel pit has a pond. They dump the black sand that collects in the bottom of the machines. I have always wanted to pan that pond. .04% gold when they used that gravel for the Mackinaw bridge concrete.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

interesting. is the pond shallow enough to reach the black sand?

"If the Old Timer's saw it, they took it." I live close and look at Rich Hill, AZ everyday and wonder what was going through A.H. Peeples mind when he picked up over 300 ounces of nuggets on the Potato Patch in one day back in 1863. It's a rugged climb to reach the top, but I bet that trip down wasn't too heavy. 😉

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I'll bet Peeples was very happy.

Like your great videos hope can meet you personally some day Maybe you met my father Charles E Willmore was prospector in Utah Nevada and Arizona passed in 1984 not good story life is truly hard struggle.I try to learn his trade on you tube from your wonderful videos His mining claims were for gold silver veins in Harcuvar Mountains by Parker La Paz Az a couple of miles Eastt of Parker lake Havasu i think have not been in the area since 1982 83? Also had uranium claims in location further North very close to Colorado River bend by Native American district the documents on these prospects disappeared from home...and a huge kyanite prospect mining claims disappeared after It took me 34 years to find the claims and documents vanished again from home Very long odyssey. He lived in Albuquerque NM also had Phd in public Administration and masters in computer sciende from Berkeley worked in budget bureau of NM Weekends packed the truck and did long drive to nice town nearby the mine called Salome Az was sort of his base He worked briefly in 1949 -51 believe as geologist in Texas w Slumberger when I was a child Thanks for your dedication.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I did not know your father.

It would REALLY help if you show pictures of any and all types of rocks you say with your mouth. The words only mean something to people who already know what they look like. Like just use half the screen and put up a picture of whatever thing you are talking about - you don't have to change what you say to incorporate this - just add the very critical information mebeginner needs a lot of help identifying! Thanks. Really enjoy your tubes. I'd love to hear more geology. And thank you so much for using diagrams and pictures!

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

I would recommend that you watch my videos on how to Identify minerals for yourself. Part 1 can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6SfuZdxisi3nMY.html and Part 2 can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/rIOL0ZZyiJyWl6Q.html and Part 3 can be found here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/kZWWl7Cnl7XShto.html - Those videos should answer a lot of your questions and give you a better grasp on what it takes to identify minerals. A single photos really does not do to ID minerals - it’s not as easy as you think.

Can scarn be spelled with a “k” too rather than a “c”?

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

The normal spelling is with a "C": but I have seen it also with a "K".

The BEST thing I have found with a Good UV Flashlight was... Millions of Millipedes in One Area :D They Fluoresce to an Amazing Degree, particularly the Cyanide they Contain. Yum.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Scorpions also fluoresce intensely bright.

yes uv an what gold looks like

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I've got a good number of requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

Shoot, yes, I would like to watch a video about prospecting with an ultraviolet light.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I've got a good number of requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

Hello teacher, don't be tired, I am following your programs from Iran. I asked you if it is possible for you to teach me about extracting precious metals from rocks and soil through WhatsApp or Telegram. I will talk to you with Google Translate. Thank you. Your kindness and magnanimity, from the way of lithology, the characteristics of the stones you have are precious metals, until we can grind the stones and extract the base metal with borax and carbon (charcoal) and the combination with the primary stone that we powdered. and then perform the purification of precious metals, and why during the initial melting, two pieces of iron or steel are placed inside the plant, in general, what I am saying is that I want to extract metals from the heart of rocks and soil and find them from inside the houses. I want to learn the gold nugget from the soil of the house, is there a way for your programs to be subtitled in Farsi?

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

1. I do not speak Farsi, so I cannot help you. 2. I do not offer any services for personal training, consulting or advisement. I get many such requests and simply do not have time to help all who ask. I do wish you the best of luck, but I am sorry that I cannot offer any help on that level.

Want a uv light video

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Will do! I've got a few requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

Do you have formal education background in these things? If so what kinds of degrees… bc it’s insane the amount of information you’re constantly overloading me with 😂

@ChrisRalph

Ай бұрын

I have a bachelor's degree in mine engineering. It's a geology and mining related degree.

Pro UV light video here.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

OK, thanks.

UV VIDEO PLEASE

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Will do! I've got a few requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

Need UV light video

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I've got some requests for UV - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

had a professor of geology speak at a club meeting hes teaches at uc san bernadino had a $58,000 spectrometer. checking out peoples gold. it was the colleges spectrometer. be out tomorrow. swing the gold monster. see what happens. dont know if its dry enough to drywash. rained a lot here in california. see if i can get the professor to go to the one area. with me. have a good day boss.

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Thanks. Best of luck out there. It probably is to wet to dry wash. Surface may be dry but you dig down a couple inches and I expect it will be too wet.

@greedygringoprospecting6941

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph the people who run high desert gold diggers. let me use there drywasher i have a blower drywasher. but its only been like a week since its poured rain. have a good day boss. 👍👍👍👍

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

We got 20 inches of snow in that big storm.

UV light

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I've got a few requests - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

Uv video

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

I've got a few requests - So I will do a UV video in the next month or two.

@thankyou7118

2 ай бұрын

@@ChrisRalph great as always I will look forward to it like all of them . 😉

The Thai monks said the gold are made from 4 elements that creat from the heat from the Uranium and Magma. The Mercury is the main element that creates the gold and platinum

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

Interesting. There are a lot of ancient religious orders that think a lot of different things.

@user-yy4up8qf5m

2 ай бұрын

We studied how minerals all form in the earths crust in Petrology in school... primarily all minerals form from one mineral amalgam and its the decompression and cooling rates that cause all of the different types of minerals to form. (Seemed far fetched to me), but consider a liquid core churning and mixing and you could easily have one substance from which all minerals are made as they cool and decompress at different rates. No doubt heat and pressure and cooling are all factors in the makeup of the earths crust and its minerals.

hi Chris do you know anything about iran gold nugget and geological analysis? tks

@ChrisRalph

2 ай бұрын

No, I don't really know much - Iran does have some gold deposits.