Wanderer Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Good Morning to all!I'm currently in Parker,AZ and would like to know of any areas that are known placer sites, looking for the elusive nugget. Any info on Quartzsite would also be helpful. We are in a RV and would like to camp close to a placer area.Any info would be apreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin nuggethunting Posted December 12, 2009 Admin Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Hello Wanderer, I spent a bunch of time between Quartzsite, Parker and Lake Havasu working Distribution and Transmission lines. I've also spent a bunch of time nuggethunting around Quartzsite and briefly around Lake Havasu. Never hunted the Parker area, but some of the areas look good. Keep in mind, a bunch of areas around Parker are CRIT (Colorado River Indian Tribe). These areas are off limits to prospecting/metal detecting. However, surrounding those areas are miles and miles of BLM ground, which is open to the public. Some of the known placer areas around Quartzsite are the La Paz placers, Middle Camp placers, Oro Fino Placers, Old Man Mountain Placers, Dome Rock Placers and many more ...Pretty much every little Mountain Range or hill around Quartzsite (north and south) are gold bearing. Personally over the years I've done really well around the Quartzsite area. Hope this helps a bit,Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanderer Posted December 12, 2009 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Rob,Thanks for the reply. Since we are here for a few days I thought we would try Parker and then head south to Quartzsite and try it there.DanielHello Wanderer, I spent a bunch of time between Quartzsite, Parker and Lake Havasu working Distribution and Transmission lines. I've also spent a bunch of time nuggethunting around Quartzsite and briefly around Lake Havasu. Never hunted the Parker area, but some of the areas look good. Keep in mind, a bunch of areas around Parker are CRIT (Colorado River Indian Tribe). These areas are off limits to prospecting/metal detecting. However, surrounding those areas are miles and miles of BLM ground, which is open to the public. Some of the known placer areas around Quartzsite are the La Paz placers, Middle Camp placers, Oro Fino Placers, Old Man Mountain Placers, Dome Rock Placers and many more ...Pretty much every little Mountain Range or hill around Quartzsite (north and south) are gold bearing. Personally over the years I've done really well around the Quartzsite area. Hope this helps a bit,Rob Allison Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
montana Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Wanderer. Although I've read that there are some placers in the Buckskin mountains near Parker, I could find no sign of them . The geology is suspect and the only sign of any mining appeared to be copper explorations.-----Bob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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