Gold is surprisingly widespread, but normally in quantities so small it does not make it commercially viable to extract.  When you consider that 'commercially viable'  means 5 grammes per tonne it does mean these other quantities are so small they are difficult for the amateur to recover.

I have no idea of the geology of Georgia I'm afraid.  Do you have any dormant or extinct volcanoes in the country?  Its not a hard and fast rule, but gold tends to be concentrated by volcanoes sometimes.  However, it then will erode into flakes and nuggets and get moved.

In UK it is well know that we have gold in Wales in reasonable quantities, with two main centres mined since Roman times, and the Queens wedding ring made from Welsh gold.  However there is now a ban on panning, and they will prosecute.

There are two places I know of in Scotland where gold can be found.

I don't know of anywhere in Northern Ireland where gold has been found, but certainly a small quantity has been mined in Eire. 

I tried to get a party together from this site to go gold panning in England last autumn, but since only Gus was interested, and we couldn't find a mutually convient date we abandonded it until this spring - and it will be more for the beer than the gold!

 I think if there was gold in sufficient quantity in Georgia to extract it commercially they would be doing it. But there may be enough for the amateur, although there will have been a lot of amateurs who have gone before you!

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

that's the thing that took my interest, sand is full with that stuff. i don't think it's gold anymore but can you tell me what is it?

this is what i found after i took random sand and panned it with bucket top xD

A company called Lydian International have a gold project in Georgia though their main emphasis seems to be in neighbouring Armenia. This is from their website 

Tim 

Kela Project - Georgia

Georgia - Overview

The Kela project was rediscovered by Lydian geologists during reconnaissance exploration in 2010. Initial project-scale mapping and sampling has returned anomalous gold-only grab sample results of 1g/t to 4g/t gold over a strike distance of 2km and from numerous sub-parallel fault zones and hydrothermal breccia veins located structurally below an interpreted silica-cap. These faults are located adjacent to a pophyritic, pyrite-sericite altered quartz-diorite intrusion which returned anomalous gold values of up to 0.3 g/t gold in grab samples.

Lydian’s Kela License conditions require submission of an Environmental Impact Assessment and interim report on potential resources within 24 months. Lydian has had Georgia in its sights since early 2006 and has conducted various in-country investment and geological reviews. The country is considered highly prospective for gold and has entered a period of committed reform and rapid growth 

can you guys tell me what is this stuff?

You still haven't said where you are.

That picture is too far out of focus, but my guess would be that Those are pyrite crystals (Fools Gold).  FeS.

They could possibly  be small pieces of mica.  Very hard to tell. 

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

That's really interesting.  I hadn't heard of it.

Please keep us posted with any developements. 

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant

thanks, they do look like mica, geology really rocks.

i live in Tbilisi but pictures are from my mothers village, west Georgia, Imereti.
here is view of that beautiful village.

i'm still planning to pan this summer, it's fun.
this is the bedrock right?

What a wonderful wild looking area.  Sort of place I'd love!  I think you are very lucky. 

Hard to tell what the rock is you are sitting on, but I'd take a guess at a fairly fined grained granite. 

But its not the rocks you need to look at in that stream.  Its the gravel.  That is where you will find the flakes of gold - if there are any.

Look for a place, low in the water where the rocks foem a V shape - a sort of natural catchment - and pan the gravel in that.  Ideally you need a suction pump which can be made (if you can't afford one or simply can't get one) from a length of 50-60mm plastic drainpipe. A rubber grommit is ideal for the plunger, (perhaps a sink plunger)  but leather is a good second best, but greased rags will do  if all else fails.  The gold will be at the very bottom because of its high R.D.

A gold pan is almost essential.  You can pan with a hollowed cross section of tree trunk (I've seen an Afrian one - and also seen all the flecks of gold caught in the fibres with no chance of recovery!).  You can buy them on the web.  About £12 + or -.

I'm sure there will be something on YouTube about how to pan. The action is in the wrists. 

You will definitely need a hand lens.  The flakes will be so small you won't see most of them with the naked eye.....unless you are very very lucky!  They will be at the end of the 'tail', which is comprised of the heavier minerals, galena, pyrite, illmanite, garnets etc.

I did some panning  in Scotland  and got about 5 flakes in 2-3 hrs.  A friend of mine who panned a lot in Zimbabwe, reckoned that with the right equipment we could pull about £1000 per week out - provided we were prepared to stand to our waists in icy burn water! Not a pleasant thought.

John

“Civilisation exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.” -  Will Durant