Gold Ore

[southfork]

A little sample that was found with a metal detector. Crushed by hand then panned to wash away some of the dirt and clay? The photo is macro so real small particles, but the quartz shows and what looks like iron and free gold. I think we need a small smelter to retrieve the values trying to speed up the recovery what's your thoughts ?

 

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[southfork]

This piece was covered in a cemented clay like mineral. A weeklong soak in Whink cleaned it up nice 27.5 grams before 23.5 grams after cleaning.

 

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[southfork]

I tried a direct smelt of about 8 grams of hand crushed ore by mortar and pestle. A little borax and soda ash mixed with the ore the slag looked like obsidian and was stuck in the cupel. I remelted and dropped into a bucket of water the cupel exploded and left this nice clean 2.5-gram button of gold. Not the proper way to extract the gold but the cupel was cracked and falling apart so nothing lost.

 

[alloy_II]

Oh, I bet its better than that but it's just being smelted out of some dirty old ore. But nice visible Gold.

I'll take that bet, the large gold button is 24K, compare the color to the ring on his finger then have a good look at your button.

Your button don;t even come close to the color of the ring which is likely 14K

 

[southfork]

Your comparing pirated photos from the net to a button I smelted last night. I don't care what karat it is at least it's real Gold and not imaginary that only one person can see.

 

[Johnnybravo300]

Looks like it was easy to crush so maybe just crush it all.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Your comparing pirated photos from the net to a button I smelted last night. I don't care what karat it is at least it's real Gold and not imaginary that only one person can see.

If a person wanted to compare the color of gold to throw a guess at the purity, I would compare it to this 22K coin. You have my stamp of approval. Good stuff. Actually if your interested, the state mineralogists reports contain purity test results for many of the major mines throughout CA. It can vary dramatically so you kind of have to find something reported in your district.

 

[southfork]

Looks like it was easy to crush so maybe just crush it all.

That's what I'm starting to think I actually crushed some ore right out of the vein last night. Gold and lots of other heavies. I need to smelt to see how much gold it was a small sample. My son and his friends are using hammers and chisels today.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

That's what I'm starting to think I actually crushed some ore right out of the vein last night. Gold and lots of other heavies. I need to smelt to see how much gold it was a small sample. My son and his friends are using hammers and chisels today.

That’s some odd looking load gold.

Your not sorting through so much gold now that you are getting your pictures mixed up are you?

 

[southfork]

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Your not sorting through so much gold now that you are getting your pictures mixed up are you?

That's what some of it looks like after the crusher it rolls the gold into little balls like weld splatter. See the gold ball's behind the brassy looking pieces . The gold is clogging the crusher screen such a problem to have.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

That's what some of it looks like after the crusher it rolls the gold into little balls like weld splatter. See the gold ball's behind the brassy looking pieces . The gold is clogging the crusher screen such a problem to have.

What type of crusher are you using? I know you have already told us.

 

[southfork]

What type of crusher are you using? I know you have already told us.

K M Krusher it has chains works great. Just a thought but I run the slag and used cupels though the krusher no telling what's stuck in there. But it's all the same gold.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

K M Krusher it has chains works great. Just a thought but I run the slag and used cupels though the krusher no telling what's stuck in there. But it's all the same gold.

Ok that makes sense. I’ve used those types of pulverizers. You run it through a jaw crusher, then the pulverizer? Likely gold that’s in your slag.

 

[southfork]

Ok that makes sense. I’ve used those types of pulverizers. You run it through a jaw crusher, then the pulverizer? Likely gold that’s in your slag.

My jaw crusher is a sledgehammer.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

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My jaw crusher is a sledgehammer.

That works (obviously). I’m envisioning having to wear safety glasses as rich ore flies past your head.

 

[southfork]

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That works (obviously). I’m envisioning having to wear safety glasses as rich ore flies past your head.

Safety googles and a dust mask nice warm spot in the morning and a big shady oak for afternoon. My son just called they have buckets of rocks for me out of the mine.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Safety googles and a dust mask nice warm spot in the morning and a big shady oak for afternoon. My son just called they have buckets of rocks for me out of the mine.

I’d go as far as setting up a fan to blow potentially harmful dust away. Masks really are only marginally effective anyway (we all know this).

 

[alloy_II]

Troll is getting jelly over real gold prospectors. Alloy beer can man can take a back seat! I’m interested in south forks amazing gold getting experiences! No need for this guy to keep trying to down play your good fortune and fun!

I’d go as far as setting up a fan to blow potentially harmful dust away. Masks really are only marginally effective anyway (we all know this).

I would run the chain mill wet.

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[Tesorodeoro]

I’ve had serious problems with pulverizing ore in a chain mill that was even damp. Think mud clumps..inability to easily shake and screen crushed material. Maybe I’m just mixed up. It doesn’t all turn to dust. A percentage has to be screened and re-fed through the pulverizer. Are you having good luck running a hose to your chain mill then turning oversized ore back into the pulverizer or is that just a suggestion?

 

[minerjosh]

Besides being a Troll, I have many other skills. I can weld.

I don't use a chain or hammer will to reduce the size of my quartz, I made a small ball mill, after firing the quartz in the fire box while the milled stuff is being roasted for the second time.

After spending time in the fire the large chucks of quartz are easily broken with the ball mill which takes chunks as large shown the the stainless steel pan.

The large piece of quartz in the black plastic bucket shattered with one blow of the claw hammer.

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Wow that’s a lot of tweaked looking tore apart electronics all over the ground…what a mess smh

 

[southfork]

I would run the chain mill wet.

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The instructions from the mfg say to run it dry it makes a little dust but powders the ore. Finer the better water would just slow the process and make mud from hell. I just take the end plate off and brush all the powder out and clean the screen and I'm back to work .