Help identifying this rock with gold

[Ramhorn]

can anyone tell me what kind of rock this is? found at Slab City outskirts. thank you in advance.

 

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[robertk]

can anyone tell me what kind of rock this is?

Probably not without some photos....

 

[Chilli]

can anyone tell me what kind of rock this is? found at Slab City outskirts. thank you in advance.

Well that's different, I have never found it in stone that colour before.

 

[Caliche]

Does it match it's surroundings, or did someone bring it there?

 

[Caliche]

Meta-basalt greenstone maybe. Are the specs square at all? Slate can contain pyrite.

 

[Bucket Lister]

Looks (to me) like pyrite in magnetite or hematite.
Is it magnetic?

 

[Ramhorn]

Looks (to me) like pyrite in magnetite or hematite.
Is it magnetic?

No sir! not magnetic.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

can anyone tell me what kind of rock this is? found at Slab City outskirts. thank you in advance.

If you’re taking the photo with an Iphone, there is a magnifying glass app that takes awesome sharp closeups in good natural light.

I triple click the single right button to activate mine.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

I’ve found gold deposits in graphite before. That’s what it appears to be to me (if in fact it’s gold and not pyrite).
hard to tell from the out of focus photos.

The graphite typically makes a gold detector go nuts.

 

[Bucket Lister]

I’ve found gold deposits in graphite before. That’s what it appears to be to me (if in fact it’s gold and not pyrite).
hard to tell from the out of focus photos.

+1.

The graphite typically makes a gold detector go nuts.

Yup. The first "hot rock" I ever found (with MD) was graphite. Graphite is a form of crystalline carbon, so some metallic impurities had to be present.

Rocks that set off metal detectors/pinpointers

Is there a list of rocks & minerals that will set off metal detectors? I found such a stone today--it was infuriating!!!! 🤬 After several minutes of sifting through substrate with my pinpointer expecting to find another rusty square nail, all that was left was one stone. It doesn't set off...

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[bc5391]

It appears to be a Silver ore. Any ore will contain other metals, gold will have silver, copper, platinum etc, and silver will have gold, copper, lead etc.
The large copper mining companies make the profit from precious metals.
Are there any silver/lead mines near by? I have bucket loads of silver ore, that came from a mine closed during WW2, they must have several hundred tons of ore stockpiled, problem is access, only way in nowadays is by a 4x4 quad, the road is completely gone ,huge drop off on one side, cliff wall on the other and to get there you need to go upstream in a wash that would bury a 4x4 truck up to the axles.

 

[Bucket Lister]

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I have bucket loads of silver ore, that came from a mine closed during WW2, they must have several hundred tons of ore stockpiled, problem is access, only way in nowadays is by a 4x4 quad, the road is completely gone ,huge drop off on one side, cliff wall on the other and to get there you need to go upstream in a wash that would bury a 4x4 truck up to the axles.

I think the relevant question there is, who owns that property now?

 

[bc5391]

I think the relevant question there is, who owns that property now?

BLM land

 

[Tesorodeoro]

BLM land

No the the public owns that land.
We have assigned the BLM to manage it for us.

 

[bc5391]

No the the public owns that land.
We have assigned the BLM to manage it for us.

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