A little confused

[robert2b]

I found a mineralized quartz vein that is about 4 to 6 feet wide and runs at surface level for at least 500 to 600 feet. Very pretty ore in a known gold producing area. I grabbed a few samples from about the middle of the vein and brought them home. After putting them through the jaw crusher I took a random grab from the bucket and put it through the rock crusher. Probably about 1/2oz to 1oz sample. I panned it out and found a good amount of small gold in the sample so I decided to try another random grab from the bucket. Nothing. Not one piece of gold. I tried another and nothing again. I am not sure what to make of it so tomorrow I am going back out and get several buckets of material from up and down the vein. I know there is gold there now so I just need to figure out where the heck it is coming from.

 

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[djui5]

A vein of Quartz will have places of Gold/non Gold. You must sample the vein as a whole to get a real picture of its worth. 10 five gallon buckets of crushed and panned rock will give you a true idea of the veins worth. Get a big picture, then decide if it's worth claiming and mining.

 

[Oakview2]

Get some sample bags, and mark where each sample came from. This cuts down your guess work and you can diagram your pay.

 

[Sheldon J]

not in the bumblebee area i hope... that area is almost all registered claims.

 

[robert2b]

not in the bumblebee area i hope... that area is almost all registered claims.

Actually I am on a registered claim just off of Bloody Basin road, but don't worry, it's my claim. Went back out today and took samples, but won't have results until this weekend because I have to go to work the next couple of days. Work tends to interfere with my prospecting way too much.

 

[snakejim]

robert2b

There may have been gold in your crusher, left over from another batch you ran. Might not be anything in the new stuff?

 

[jair]

robert2b

There may have been gold in your crusher, left over from another batch you ran. Might not be anything in the new stuff?

I have done that same thing before . And I was no able to recall where I got the last rock I crushed .

 

[djui5]

I have done that same thing before . And I was no able to recall where I got the last rock I crushed .

Ive crushed and panned rocks, finding Gold in them, and not being able to remember where I found them. Haha it sucks bad.

 

[jair]

I go out jeeping and seem to always return with a bucket of rocks and they seem to stay in the garage for maybe a year , then one day I fire up the rock crusher and crush them . Not always but some times I wish I never crush them , because like I said I forgot where I got them .
When I go out on a sampling trip I have sample bags that have tags on them and I know where I have been and use GPS to mark and return .