🔎 UNIDENTIFIED Alluvial Gold?

[Jackstraw20]

A friend sent me a photo of what he says is alluvial gold he has found in ancient riverbeds in Colorado over the years. Can anyone verify if he is correct and this is truly "alluvial gold."
Thanks very much!

 

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[crashbandicoot]

What pepperj and trav said! Me too. Do the assay first,then post the results.

 

[traveller777]

What pepperj and trav said! Me too. Do the assay first,then post the results.

Amen amen

 

[crashbandicoot]

It is actually because Colorado, one of the main and diverse mining states in the country has very limited businesses involved in the gold ore community. Everyone thinks of Colorado because of the finds of gold and telluride in Cripple Creek, but many areas have been neglected because the majority of mining company's went bankrupt back in the day. I have difficulty even discussing the topic of prospecting and mining with anyone in my valley (near Aspen/Leadville) it seems the the only people interested are west in Navada and Utah.

Cool then,keep on keeping on panning that gold!

 

[Jackstraw20]

Good luck. Hope you are rich beyond your dreams.

Any riches will be put to bettering this dark world and spreading light, positivitivity, and good vibes. I am basically not in to material things, mostly just helping humanity.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Any riches will be put to bettering this dark world and spreading light, positivitivity, and good vibes. I am basically not in to material things, mostly just helping humanity.

I,m humanity and I could use some help.My a/c just went out and looks like I,m going to have to buy a new car,the one I have has developed some malady no one can seem to diagnose or fix. Social Security don,t go that far.Just saying.

 

[pepperj]

Sorry to hear that pepp,we,re supposed to get it later tonight.

3 dead, 350,000 without power.
Looks like might have to get fuel tomorrow. ⛽️
Should prove interesting when there's no power.
Wish I had Jackstraw's poke. I'd install an automatic switch over type generator.

 

[crashbandicoot]

How much is snuff now?

7.00 plus change a can.Working my way to quitting!

 

[crashbandicoot]

Any progress on assays, partner?

Assays be hanged! How about that helping humanity thing? In particular this one human right here.

 

[Jackstraw20]

Any word on possible assay, jack?

I am packaging up some samples at the moment! Do you have any companies you would recommend? I am sending in two sample that have platinum & Palladium, one of which is sulfides bronzitite. so they need to have the equipment to test for that. I'm sending 2 tellurides (one calavarite and one silvanite) to get a feel for their silver & gold contents. Plus 10 -20 grams of all those pieces that could be alluvial gold. I found a tremendous amount more today 100 grams plus because of the mid may snow melt we just had from that storm a few days ago. Once again I wasn't trying to collect today,j ust being observant on a frontage trail next to a river. It was easy to notice areas where the rocks and especially heavy rocks were picking their favorite 'trail' to get down to the river. The pieces looked much shinier and new because they had just traveled down hill by snow melt over the last 2 days.

Other than those pieces, I also have some serious heavy gold ore that I would have loved assailed. I will post a few samples with this post, but I don't want to just break off a piece and send that in. My shipping costs and fees are already going to be quite high, that's why I'm asking advice on what types of ores are going to help me in the long run. I have and ancient gold ingot (I will include a pic) that does test at approximately 19 karate.

I also do own a Bounty Hunter Quick Draw II metal detector an virtually all of my gold ore was popping hot for gold consistently. This was after I had copied down or re-written the entire owners manual so I would be more on the advanced level of things when testing and operating the stone.

Any ideas or suggestions for a top notch, trustworthy, & no B.S surprises assay company, (closer to Colorado, the better) or which types of ores would be best to have assayed so that I can easily find a buyer or someone who has the technology and sees that it is worth processing because of the high graded assay report. These suggestions would be greatly appreciated and I will keep you updated.

John

 

[crashbandicoot]

Granted,I know little about this subject so I too am confused a bit. At first we were talking alluvial gold,which I at least have an idea about and now we,re talking rocks,found by eye with platinum and palladium. Please enlighten this old country boy so I can at least follow the discussion. Would be much appreciated since I find this interesting.

 

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[Jackstraw20]

I've lived in CO all my life and spent a good amount of time looking for gold and I don't see any gold in the pics. Like others have said, take a piece and pummel it into dust and pan it. He clearly has three gold pans to put to use. It will all wash away except the heavy's which will include black sand. The gold will shine like no tomorrow in the black sand and against the green pan. Pyrite will kind of look like gold but when you shade it, it no longer shines. Plus, it will more than likely wash away with the light material, and, it flakes apart. Gold will shine in the sun or shaded with your hand. It's unmistakable once you know.

I crush that gold and it test around 22kt. Grant you guys think I'm an idiot, but that isn't the case

 

[Doubter in MD]

The guy/gal will probably now will never answer any of the questions asked. Maybe a few of the silent lurkers can pop in and contribute to this thread? 2 or maybe three regular members come to mind that reliably contribute in that respect to these types of intriguing posts.

What is on your mind specifically? Do you think there might be gold in the sample photos? I don't know a lot about it but I don't think anyone could reliably determine whether there is gold in the samples or not based on the photos posted.

As for the OP, their story changed a lot over the course of the thread so that is a red flag for me. Maybe they'll post more but I don't know what to make of any of it for now.

 

[Jackstraw20]

Why not just phone around and find a pawn shop or a non-ferrous recycling company that has a XRF tester.
Then you can post the results up.
There seems to be one common element of all these type posts.
Nobody has had the testing done.
Really why is that?
If I thought for a minute I had something as you state, well the test would be first on the to do list.

It is actually because Colorado, one of the main and diverse mining states in the country has very limited businesses involved in the gold ore community. Everyone thinks of Colorado because of the finds of gold and telluride in Cripple Creek, but many areas have been neglected because the majority of mining company's went bankrupt back in the day. I have difficulty even discussing the topic of prospecting and mining with anyone in my valley (near Aspen/Leadville) it seems the the only people interested are west in Navada and Utah.

 

[traveller777]

I just googled gold assays and several places came up you could go to or mail samples. Let us know how assay goes.

 

[traveller777]

I definitely will.

Good luck. Hope you are rich beyond your dreams.

 

[Jackstraw20]

I just googled gold assays and several places came up you could go to or mail samples. Let us know how assay goes.

Thanks, I also came up with a list of the top refineries in the country, I could send them a few tons of rich ore, but something in my gut says that's a bad idea.

 

[traveller777]

Thanks, I also came up with a list of the top refineries in the country, I could send them a few tons of rich ore, but something in my gut says that's a bad idea.

I would start small

 

[traveller777]

Any riches will be put to bettering this dark world and spreading light, positivitivity, and good vibes. I am basically not in to material things, mostly just helping humanity.

The lights at my house have been very dim, so if you get rich from this you can throw some gold my way so I am not sitting in the dark

 

[pepperj]

It is actually because Colorado, one of the main and diverse mining states in the country has very limited businesses involved in the gold ore community. Everyone thinks of Colorado because of the finds of gold and telluride in Cripple Creek, but many areas have been neglected because the majority of mining company's went bankrupt back in the day. I have difficulty even discussing the topic of prospecting and mining with anyone in my valley (near Aspen/Leadville) it seems the the only people intd are

Well we haven't had power since a thu

I,m humanity and I could use some help.My a/c just went out and looks like I,m going to have to buy a new car,the one I have has developed some malady no one can seem to diagnose or fix. Social Security don,t go that far.Just saying.

We haven't had any power since a bad thunderstorm rolled through our area.
Most of the Eastern Ontario is dark.
Old generator 💪