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WEBSITES WORTH VISITING:

• The Gold Miner’s Headquarters A comprehensive information resource for Prospectors and Miners …(good stuff!)

• UNITED PROSPECTORS a family-oriented small miner’s corporation dedicated to the enjoyable, relaxing, and potentially profitable activities of rock hounding, metal detecting, gold prospecting and mineral hunting.

• NUGGET SHOOTER Your Guide To Finding Gold Nuggets, Coins, Relics, Treasure and Meteorites With a Metal Detector. Also has a great NUGGET SHOOTER"S FORUM!

RESEARCH TOOLS AND RESOURCES :

H.V. Warren School of Prospecting notes : Lots of free (PDF) geology and prospecting course file downloads! It amounts to a free prospecting tutor. Terrific!

BLM LR2000 Mining records reports: (It takes a little learnin’)

GEOCOMMUNICATOR : BLM-land and mineral use maps and records viewer. (A fantastic tool, but there is a learning curve!)

Arizona Dept. of Mines and Mineral Resources

Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology

California Geological Survey - Gold

Geology.com

Amatuer Geologist: Equipment and supplies for geologists and rockhounds

Geology Rocks Great site! Questions answered, Free tutorials

The Meteorite Exchange : Meteorite Hunting News, Galleries, Links

mindat.org : the mineral and locality database

Reading Topographic Maps : Free online tutor

USGS Maps (free topos for download)

The UTM <-> Lat/Lon applet : Conversion tool

The Global Positioning System : USGS Fact sheet and tutor links

Mindat Gold Specimen Gallery : Hundreds of quality close up photos, descriptions, and collection data of gold specimens. (click on thumbnails to enlarge)

Mindat Silver Specimen Gallery : Same great features as the above gold gallery.

HOW TO FILE A MINING CLAIM :

Arizona

California

Nevada