is there gold in the southwest of WA?

The only gold in Donnybrook is called fern gold. It literally looks like a fern leaf. I havent heard of anyone finding any in yrs.

Best place is still the gold fields kal, Nullagine etc.
Regards
Peter

thanks everyone, just wondering if there would be gold around here, because it would be an easier family weekend getaway closer to home to look for gold, thats all. hoping to hire a minelab metal detector soon. theres a lot of quartz around boyup brook,thats all i know of, but not sure about the yellow stuff!!! jen...

there are old shafts on the scarp behind Nth Dandalup and Pinjarra.

What about when quartz is associated with the granite - which it very often is.

couldnt give you the exact reasons but basically we call that bucky qz

Qz is really not that much of an indicator for gold

Map from A Prospectors Guide to Metal Detecting in Australia - Gold & Ghosts Volume 2 Western Australia (out of print)

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As others have pointed out I dont think you'll have much joy metal detecting in the south west. Most if not all the finds were relatively small and the gold not in "nugget" form. If you manage to find any gold with a metal detector down this way I would guess you will be close on the first to do so.

Also a lot of the old leases are now on private property. The Trigwell family have rebuilt the poppet head over the original Hunters Venture mine (see above map) and turned the working orchard into a popular tourist attraction.

Cheers
Greg

Jen,

few years back I was working a mine (between Capel and Donnybrook) located on the edge of the scarp. The geologist showed me some quartz and it had small nuggets in it, that had gone through the sceen plant. It was the only stuff we found we every found. But it is out there!

cheers