rock tumbling

NJnuggetpirate · Feb 27, 2013

can you rock tumble gold ore without lose your gold of the rock? and also can somone explain highgrade and lowgrade to me lol ide be completely lost without you all

Sheldon J · Feb 28, 2013

Off the top of my head I would say NO DON'T DO IT!!!

Gold is soft, the quartz not so. So the gold would buff off long before you would ever remove any of the rock.

Now acid washing is one option though if all you want to do is expose the gold and remove the stone....

High grade vs low is simple, it's all about the gold and how much there is, if you can see it real easy and there is good color showing High grade....

If there is gold in the rock but you cannot see it with out good magnification, it is sparse, takes a lot (as in tons) to crush to get an ounce of gold out of, low grade....

Good luck in your exploration me I have not even had the good fortune to find low grade on my claim....

Dustedyou · Feb 28, 2013

^Nice post! and he's exactly right... now as for the gold..well have you looked at the Sat maps of your claim Sheldon? also any luck finding Heat vents there? we found ours in a giant (100mill yr old) Heat vent The amalgamation is insane! but nice gold ore! Any way i could help ...lemme know!