prospecting
Sign in to savethumb|Prospector and burro, western Colorado, USA, thumb|upright|Schoolchildren learn to pan for gold, Denver, 1972. thumb|Rich specimen from a 2009 gold discovery by a prospector in southeastern Yukon Territory. The gold, deposited along a fracture, appears rusty-orange in this photo.
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- Historical methods
- The gold rushes
- Modern prospecting
- Metal detecting
- Prospecting pickaxe
- Electromagnetic prospecting
- Geochemical prospecting
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Prospector and burro, western Colorado, USA, thumb|upright|Schoolchildren learn to pan for gold, Denver, 1972. thumb|Rich specimen from a 2009 gold discovery by a prospector in southeastern Yukon Territory. The gold, deposited along a fracture, appears rusty-orange in this photo.
Prospecting is the first stage of the geological analysis (followed by exploration) of a territory. It is the search for minerals, fossils, precious metals, or mineral specimens. It is also known as fossicking.
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