Definition:
Alluvial : is the unconsolidated sediment, material attain the age of alluvium
and were transported by some media water, wind, or ice glacier from the sources.
An alluvial content of many minerals, that can be economic or non economic. Iron,
ilmenite, zircon, silica, and of course gold and silver. Others a vary of alluvial is
Elluvial and Colluvial = the unconsolidated sediments were closed to the sources
and not far away from original sources.
As in literal sense this mean alluvio = material washed can be a flood stream, or
others media.
Alluvium is the Quarter geology term.
Figure : Alluvial creek and alluvial river, look sortate and homogeneous size
Compare to above alluvial.
creek or river.
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Figure: People do some panning to alluvial gold at the river and creek
Alluvial Exploration
How to identify Alluvial Gold:
There are many specified of the alluvial sediments related to the economic mineral
target, Au, Fe, Zr, Co, Mn, Si the character is :
Figure: Coarse Sub rounded and small angular gold grain after panning
2. Size : the size of alluvial can be a small unclear on the normal plan
view, coarser should be clear on plan view, and medium in between.
A geological Loupe will be a tool to identify size. The size of grain can be a
figure out of a distance , how far the materials were transported. A small size
will allow to far and long distance transported from the sources eroded until
the basin sedimentation. Conversely for the big size or coarse size will allow
the closed distance. But these will a relative depend on the field situation,
river stream and the resistant of host rock.
These factor size will closed related to the duration of materials and how
flowage of the stream during alluvial transported.
The size also well closed related to sortation of sediments, a well sortate will
allow to long distance stream like at the sea closed river, and mixed or
heterogeneous size will allow to short distance of transportation.
The alluvial gold prospect will on the higher flowage of the stream and should
be closed to the heterogeneous size.
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Figure: Gold grain with speckled texture, square shape and longer shape
With spotted texture.
Alluvial Exploration
Alluvial identify Sources:
The alluvial sample mapping were be involving identify a gold sources. By the
identify some of above characterize of alluvial, so that the scope of interpretation be
a narrow to the smaller scope sources identification. These can be together combine
with others outcrop sample data. With in the well procedure of doing sampling and
good data taken, there be a representative result, and become coined to the next
geological interpretation.
Alluvial Mining:
General Principles : To operate mining in general there are three factors as
followed :
1. Good Loading Point
2. Good Hauling Road
3. Good Dumping Point
4. Safety should be Good
Alluvial Mining
Loading Point : Area mining operation is to wide spread to talk, but there is a
Loading Point, an area where the Truck loaded by Excavator or Wheel Loader.
These point should be clean from muddy, boulder or bogging, to get the Excavator or
Loader working safe and turning truck being safe verywell.
Hauling Road : The hauling road become a major element to make the
operation mining ketch up highest production. A Dump Truck is heavy equipment
and so need the good condition of hauling access road for the best rate of
production. Clean and grade become the best factor to work out on the hauling
section, no bogging , no trapping, no convoing.
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Dumping Point : Dumping area is the last think to have a good production
record, so that make it be grade and compact .
Alluvial Processing
Mini Palong
To have sure result and working well of your alluvial processing
Palong test were the miniature of real process and small scale of palong, so that
Alluvial Gold
Processing and Operation
To operated an alluvial mining, will not so much as an open pit mine, but with a little
equipment and human resources. In generally the project is low cost and a very
small production, so that almost operate by own personal mining license.
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