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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[Assembler]

Here is an old article I came across today…https://rollcall.com/2022/04/12/mining-lobby-doubles-spending-as-congress-focuses-on-1872-law/

It is further proof of trust no one…

Ed T

390,000 abandoned hardrock mine sites on federal land. That's a lot of mine sites.

 

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[JohnWhite]

390,000 abandoned hardrock mine sites on federal land. That's a lot of mine sites.

There are probably more than that

Ed T

 

[Assembler]

There are probably more than that

Ed T

Yep all of the "Claims" that are not supported by "Affidavits" comes to mind here.

 

[southfork]

Hand crushed a few samples off the new spot and melted we have 14 grams of nice gold. This ore is a lot cleaner than we have been crushing. Raining maybe some placer mining Sunday clear sky's and water in the dry diggings.

 

[southfork]

My sons finds from today metal detecting on the new claim great start to the new year. These will cleanup real nice rained out or they would still be out there.

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

A little soap and water on the same sample and different lighting.

Ahhhhhhhhhhh .... the faces

 

[southfork]

Storm on the way we had to go to town for propane and gasoline for the generators. The light rain that had been falling let up, so Seth went out to the claim to finish detecting a pile of red dirt this was on the bottom laying on bedrock. It's loaded with gold he was doing the happy dance the rock weighs 200 grams +

 

[bigckerman]

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 ?

Needs to be crushed fine and all particles needs to be about equal in size

 

[JohnWhite]

Storm on the way we had to go to town for propane and gasoline for the generators. The light rain that had been falling let up, so Seth went out to the claim to finish detecting a pile of red dirt this was on the bottom laying on bedrock. It's loaded with gold he was doing the happy dance the rock weighs 200 grams +

You should have seen the beauty I left at the airport in Culiacán…I am not positive IF the specimen had small emeralds on it or not…I did not have much time to do a thorough analysis of the ore in question…It pretty much made me want to cry when I had to part with it…Oh well…Maybe some day I might try to return to search for its siblings…

Ed T

 

[southfork]

We crushed the new sample with mortar and pestle 8 grams of free gold and still some fines to crush again. Not bad for one small rock.

 

[mikep691]

I would have loved to seen some slices of that. Might have made some beautiful jewelry.

 

[southfork]

I would have loved to seen some slices of that. Might have made some beautiful jewelry.

Most of the gold was on the outside with oxidized pockets and fractures on the inside with micro gold.

 

[JohnWhite]

Most of the gold was on the outside with oxidized pockets and fractures on the inside with micro gold.

At least your son got to do his happy dance…There are some small rocks that may contain quite a bit of gold…

When they told me IF I wanted to keep the ore, at the airport, I would have to check it…I began thinking it may have a value of over 10k and I thought I could get in trouble…So…I just left it at the airport…

Oh well😭…

Ed T

 

[southfork]

We haven't crushed any specimens off the new claim just the big rocks with little spots of gold showing

 

[southfork]

These are some old finds that need a little more cleaning to brighten the gold up a little. We will lose a little weight, but specimen buyers like to see the gold

 

[ConceptualizedNetherlandr]

These are some old finds that need a little more cleaning to brighten the gold up a little. We will lose a little weight, but specimen buyers like to see the gold

How do you lose weight? Can't you catch the cleaning debris?

 

[southfork]

How do you lose weight? Can't you catch the cleaning debris?

We don't lose any gold that's all caught but the host rock is dissolved making a smaller specimen weight wise. Both weight and size of specimen come into play when selling.

 

[desertgolddigger]

We don't lose any gold that's all caught but the host rock is dissolved making a smaller specimen weight wise. Both weight and size of specimen come into play when selling.

I've looked at some of these specimens on EBay, and some really don't look like they have gold. But then, some are outstanding examples of gold in rock..

I've got half a dozen so called specimens found during my placer mining. They are just curiosities, as they are very tiny pebbles with one speck of gold attached, though I have four different type rocks in those tiny specimens. But they are basically worthless, except to myself.

 

[desertgolddigger]

southfork, Does Whink dissolve the quartz, or just remove the rust stains? if it does dissolve quartz, how long would it take for a 1/4 inch thick quartz shard. It's time for me to experiment on one piece I think has a tiny bit of gold in it. Oh, yes, I've got the peanut butter jar ready. :-)

 

[JohnWhite]

southfork, Does Whink dissolve the quartz, or just remove the rust stains? if it does dissolve quartz, how long would it take for a 1/4 inch thick quartz shard. It's time for me to experiment on one piece I think has a tiny bit of gold in it. Oh, yes, I've got the peanut butter jar ready. :-)

20 years

Ed T