Ancient River bed material?

[tyeechinook]

Check this stuff out! This stuff came from 4' deep in a bedrock crack. Heavily cemented. I had to break it out in chunks with a hammer and chisel. Very reddish orange coloration. Looks like iron staining. It must be crushed it will not seperate by any other means


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[tyeechinook]

And it's loaded with Quartz!!!


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[Lanny in AB]

Only way to tell is to crush it and pan it.

That's the only way you'll solve the mystery of whether it's something good or just something . . .

All the best, and thanks for the cool pictures,

Lanny

 

[mytimetoshine]

Looks interesting. Pan the suckers!

 

[tyeechinook]

Thanks guys! I'm done with crushing and screening the first round, going to have to recrush and re screen a few more times. This stuff is very stubborn. Then I will pan it all. The loose pack above this layer has been yielding about a gram of gold per bucket. So I'm hoping for a bonanza!!


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[huntsman53]

That material looks really good for Gold but I would bet that there is much better stuff below it! I can't wait to read what you find in it and see the pics!


Frank

 

[goldog]

A gram a bucket. That IS a bonanza.

 

[tyeechinook]

Below it is a thin layer of yellow clay. After I removed everything I could get, I flushed the crack with water and scrubbed with a plastic bristle brush and flushed again. Sucked out all I could with hand dredge. Upon inspecting the crack after dry I picked about 6 large flakes out by hand!!! It was very cool!!!


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[allenkeeton]

i'll admit interest from what you get from the crushed rocks.

 

[Mad Machinist]

If that is per 5 gal bucket and at 40 buckets per yard, that would be about 1.28 troy ounces a yard. VERY nice find!!

 

[tyeechinook]

It is per 5 gal. Classified to 1/8 inch.


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[Echoplex]

The suspense is killing me Did ya crush it?

 

[mytimetoshine]

The suspense is killing me Did ya crush it?

Man, I was just about to post this same thing. I'm dying over here.lol. We need pics!

 

[Hamfist]

Just had a .20g per yard day dry washing...and now it's raining. I need to see this too!

 

[mytimetoshine]

Results? I'm interested cause I know a place where I saw some of this kind of material.

 

[tyeechinook]

Sorry for the massive delay. Two kids one of which is 8 months old, takes me a while to work my material sometimes. Anyhow I finally finished cleaning up.

This is from half a coffee can of cemented dirt


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[theseeker]

That is very rich material!! Congrats!!! Now go back and get some more!!!!

 

[tyeechinook]

Yeah I want to fill some 55 gal drums with it, then we're talking. It's a 1/4 mile hike to the truck though...


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[KevinInColorado]

Lookin' good!