Straight Fork — Packsaddle Mountain Placer

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Straight Fork — Packsaddle Mountain Placer

Gold Mining Site TX • Llano County County
Description
Straight Fork on the Cap Mountain quad — east-side drainage of Packsaddle Mountain flowing toward Honey Creek and the Llano River with fine placer gold in bedrock crevices and bars.
Historical Notes
Straight Fork appears on the Cap Mountain USGS topo sheet near Molasses Creek, Bedford Creek, and the eastern Honey Creek branches that drain Packsaddle Mountain toward Kingsland. Llano Uplift geology exposes Town Mountain Granite and Precambrian metamorphic rocks hosting quartz veins with trace gold and iron-oxide replacement minerals. Recreational panners work black-sand streaks after high flows. Related entry "Honey Creek near Packsaddle Mountain" documents the adjacent western drainage. Private ranch country — no trespassing without permission.
Status / Verification historical_site — Verified

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