Here's a fine selection of gold prospecting books and guides - how
and where to find it and how to recover it. They include exploration, mining, panning,
and placering, and in addition to general information they cover several specific
geographical regions in detail. Links to identification mineral identification
guides and topo maps are lower on the page.
Don't recognize that crystal or mineral you've found? Here
are a couple of very good rock & mineral guides.
Simon
and Schuster's Guide to Rocks and Minerals
by Martin Prinz, Annibell Mottana, George Harlow / Paperback - 607 pages
(October 1978)
Practical, concise, and easy to use, Simon & Schuster's Guide to Rocks and
Minerals contains everything that the rock and mineral enthusiast needs to know.
Whether you are a serious collector or an information-seeking amateur, this
incomparably beautiful, authoritative guide will prove an invaluable reference.
National
Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Rocks and Minerals by Charles
Wesley Chesterman / Paperback - 850 pages (May 1979)
This valuable reference covers more rocks and minerals in North America than any
other available guide. 794 full-color photographs depict all the important
rocks, gems, and minerals in many variations of color and crystal form and the
natural environments in which they occur.
For free access to topographic maps of the entire United
States visit
TopoZone
