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From: Geologist Jeri Jones
Above shown is Mr. Jeri Jones Geologist "Teaching Gold Prospecting and Gold Panning"
Web Address JLJ276@aol.com
TO : prospect@epix.net
Being a Geologist for York County, Pennsylvania, I can refer several areas in Southeast Pennsylvania, for Gold Prospecting. The best in York County is located in Stony Run about 1.5 miles east of Dillsburg. The Gold is coming out of the diabase Flakes are up to .30 of an inch.
Spring Valley County Park, located about 3.0 miles east of Exit 2 Interstate 83 also supports Gold Washing out of the Metavolcanics in the area. The York County Department of Parks and Recreation sponsors a Gold Panning Seminar on the last Saturday of July from 9a.m. until 2p.m. Signs are posted from I-83 on the day of the event. The largest flakes here are about .25inch.
The Piegon Hills, a highlands area west of York and Hanover has some Gold, again washing out of the older metavolcanics on the north slope of the ridge. Streams are tough to find and water flow is rarer.
In Southeastern York County, many of the streams south of Muddy Run near Delta have Gold. The closest to finding Gold in place has been in some of the abandoned slate quarries around Delta. Largest flakes here are about .40 inches. Just west of this area is a cross road known as Constitution. To mineral collectors, this area has been known for years for its rutile, but Gold has also been discovered here in recent years. The largest flakes here has been measured at .075 inches (the largest in S.E. Pennsylvania).
In Northern York County, any stream found between the villages of Dillsburg, Wellsville and Rossville will yield Gold (from the diabase).
In Lancaster County, Peters Creek, west of Quarryville has yielded some nice Gold, some flakes up to 0.6inches. Native platinum has also been reported from this area.
As far as your report on Gold from Codorus State Park, I was not aware of that report but found it interesting.
Signed
Geologist Jeri Jones York County
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