Gold, Mining and Prospecting: Gold Occurrences in Missouri
Jun 24, 2011· The only part of Missouri where gold is found is in the counties bordering the Missouri River where gold was brought down from Canada by the glaciers. The gold was left behind when the last glacier melted about 12,000 years ago. Whatever gold is found is extremely, what miners call flour gold that won''t support a commercial operation, but is a lot of fun to find anyways.