Blue Clay / Sandy Gravel Assay Results

[racingjoe66]

Okay Guys and Gals, I had 2 samples of material tested and came back with the following results:

Sample 1----gold 0.142 oz per ton
------------silver 0.275 oz per ton
------------platinum 0.021 oz per ton
------------palladium 0.014 oz per ton
------------osmium 0.028 oz per ton
------------ruthenium 0.020 oz per ton
------------iridium 0.007 oz per ton
------------rhodium 0.004 oz per ton

Sample 2----gold 0.133 oz per ton
------------silver 0.199 oz per ton
------------platinum 0.017 oz per ton
------------palladium 0.016 oz per ton
------------osmium 0.023 oz per ton
------------ruthenium 0.021 oz per ton
------------iridium 0.007 oz per ton
------------rhodium 0.005 oz per ton

I am new to all this and wondering if the gold / silver is even worth mining with these results? I assume the other material results are so minor they aren't worth going after? The material sent off to be tested was a mixture of sandy gravel that is sitting on top of a blue clay layer and mixed in with these 2 samples was some of the blue clay that was right there at the sandy gravel layer. Would it be worth it to go deeper into the clay to have it tested further for gold and silver only? Going lets say 6 inches deep and then again at like 24 inches deep into the clay or what do people suggest?

Thanks for any and all input!!!

 

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[Assembler]

I had to go back and re-read the OP. Holy shit this has turned into a real pissing match. Lol

The guys asking about viability of his material and it’s spun off into capture of microscopic gold with carbon?

Or he could just use a gravity concentrator then smelt the cons to be 100% sure if It makes sense reinvent the wheel or not. Could just try the same way 98% of the world collects gold on a single guy kinda level...

I’m clearly missing something! Lol

I think you for the most part hit the nail on the head.

The microscopic gold is for anyone moving say 10 - 25 tons of material at a time. Way beyond most people on this forum. If you can filter some of the run off water in your process (wet) then go for it. However don't expect very much returns with the microscopic gold.

 

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[Assembler]

Moving 25 - 50 tons is not realistic for just about everyone reading this as this is for the part per billion crowd.
I'm not in that crowd and never will be.

 

[Clay Diggins]

Only a redneck would expect others to do his research.

Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Armed robbers pounced on Atlas 16 Gold Mine in the early hours of Wednesday 8 December and got away with 130kgs of pregnant gold carbon worth about US$62 000.

That story of theft is about carbon that has reacted with pregnant cyanide solution. The reaction takes place because of the cyanide - not the gold.

To answer my own question - there is no reaction between activated carbon and gold. You can mix them together all day with no result. In the end you will still have two separate elements gold and carbon with no change.

Carbon does not capture gold without a redox reaction. In mining these reduction/oxidation reactions are normally carried out by cyanide ( most common by far) or with a Halogen like Iodine, Bromine or Chlorine.

Just running free gold over activated carbon does nothing you couldn't do with a clean sock or coffee filter - neither of which will capture gold to the exclusion of all the other junk in the water.

 

[Assembler]

That story of theft is about carbon that has reacted with pregnant cyanide solution. The reaction takes place because of the cyanide - not the gold.

To answer my own question - there is no reaction between activated carbon and gold. You can mix them together all day with no result. In the end you will still have two separate elements gold and carbon with no change.

Carbon does not capture gold without a redox reaction. In mining these reduction/oxidation reactions are normally carried out by cyanide ( most common by far) or with a Halogen like Iodine or Chlorine.

Just running free gold over activated carbon does nothing you couldn't do with a clean sock or coffee filter - neither of which will capture gold to the exclusion of all the other junk in the water.

Just a filter with a lot of surface area. There is no reaction.

You can take the collection material from the filter and then run some process on that material. It will take a lot to give you some kind of result that is easy to measure.

The time and costs are important as compared to other processes in giving measurable results. After all you can go to the ocean in many spots and get a parts per billion results.

 

[alloy_II]

That story of theft is about carbon that has reacted with pregnant cyanide solution. The reaction takes place because of the cyanide - not the gold.

To answer my own question - there is no reaction between activated carbon and gold. You can mix them together all day with no result. In the end you will still have two separate elements gold and carbon with no change.

Carbon does not capture gold without a redox reaction. In mining these reduction/oxidation reactions are normally carried out by cyanide ( most common by far) or with a Halogen like Iodine, Bromine or Chlorine.

Just running free gold over activated carbon does nothing you couldn't do with a clean sock or coffee filter - neither of which will capture gold to the exclusion of all the other junk in the water.

Redox and valance two different animals.


In chemistry and physics, a valence electron is an electron in the outer shell associated with an atom, and that can participate in the formation of a chemical bond if the outer shell is not closed; in a single covalent bond, both atoms in the bond contribute one valence electron in order to form a shared pair.

The presence of valence electrons can determine the element's chemical properties, such as its valence—whether it may bond with other elements and, if so, how readily and with how many. In this way, a given element's reactivity is highly dependent upon its electronic configuration. For a main-group element, a valence electron can exist only in the outermost electron shell; for a transition metal, a valence electron can also be in an inner shell.

 

[Clay Diggins]

Redox and valance two different animals.


In chemistry and physics, a valence electron is an electron in the outer shell associated with an atom, and that can participate in the formation of a chemical bond if the outer shell is not closed; in a single covalent bond, both atoms in the bond contribute one valence electron in order to form a shared pair.

The presence of valence electrons can determine the element's chemical properties, such as its valence—whether it may bond with other elements and, if so, how readily and with how many. In this way, a given element's reactivity is highly dependent upon its electronic configuration. For a main-group element, a valence electron can exist only in the outermost electron shell; for a transition metal, a valence electron can also be in an inner shell.

Uh ... you just described a redox reaction. Exactly the same animal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redox

Redox reactions are characterized by the actual or formal transfer of electrons between chemical species, most often with one species (the reducing agent) undergoing oxidation (losing electrons) while another species (the oxidizing agent) undergoes reduction (gains electrons)

Maybe a little less cut and paste and a little more study and we will make a chemist out of you yet!

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[alloy_II]

Uh ... you just described a redox reaction. Exactly the same animal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redox



Maybe a little less cut and paste and a little more study and we will make a chemist out of you yet!

Science - Ain't it fun!! 📡

 

[Tesorodeoro]

How does this recovery take place?

What type of chemistry takes place between these two non reactive elements to cause the gold to be separated from the water?

Bot.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

No response makes sense from one to the next. Entertaining to watch I’m sure.

 

[Assembler]

No response makes sense from one to the next. Entertaining to watch I’m sure.

There is a history on this forum of either selective response or no response by some to any questions that are asked.

 

[Assembler]

There can be good reasons to not disclose information for private affairs and matters that are not public.

Making statements with out information that can be verified or backed up can be a issue. Expecting people to just go along with out questioning.

 

[Assembler]

The Bot is going back to the OP:
Is there enough values in the clay to make it worth processing?

How was your samples taken?
What processes are you considering?

 

[Tesorodeoro]

The Bot is going back to the OP:
Is there enough values in the clay to make it worth processing?

How was your samples taken?
What processes are you considering?

Some great assembled code there. Clapping..submit that to YOUR assembler.

 

[Assembler]

Some great assembled code there. Clapping..

Just asking the OP some questions. No hidden agenda.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

Just asking the OP some questions. No hidden agenda.

Ok sure

 

[Assembler]

If there is not enough values in the clay then the OP should point this out. No one else can answer that question. This is the topic of the thread.

 

[Tesorodeoro]

If there is not enough values in the clay then the OP should point this out. No one else can answer that question. This is the topic of the thread.

Thing is, there always seems to be some human intervention and I cannot tell if that is by design or just a cheat?

 

[alloy_II]

Just asking the OP some questions. No hidden agenda.

 

[alloy_II]

How does this recovery take place?

What type of chemistry takes place between these two non reactive elements to cause the gold to be separated from the water?

 

[Tesorodeoro]

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I wish I had a obedient robot to wash actual gold from the earth. Alloy_II What do you think about that? Could charcoal be used for that?