i have a watch that has a lil diamond as the 12 i am curious if it is real cause i would like to sell it lol so im lookin to see if its worth it
Veins of gold bearing quartz are well known in California, and historically they have produced millions of dollars worth of gold. Their formation and the gold they contain are of interest. Quartz mines are found and worked in a great many counties in California, from Siskiyou on the north to San Diego on the south. Most of these are in the mountain, foot-hill and desert regions, there being none of note in the valley counties and very few in the Coast Ranges. --------------------------------- I hope this is helpful.
California is a very big state, so there are a number of good places. I have found some very nice quartz rocks (with a little gold included) in the Cosumnes River, which runs south of Sacramento, from the foothills into the Sacramento Valley. It runs through some gold-bearing areas, which normally have quartz. The Cosumnes runs very low most summers, and you can walk around in the riverbed looking for rocks. Some of the smaller creeks coming out of the Gold Country, like Dry Creek, are also good places to look. Like the Cosumnes, they flood in the winter and run dry in the summer, so you can search easily. Probably all of the upstream areas of the American River would be areas to find quartz. These are the areas I know about because I live nearby and like to search for nice rocks. Edit: Randal's information is good also. Try to put his general areas together with my searching method to find quartz in areas other than the one I detailed.
