Gold Ore - What 2 do with it?

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I have what appears to be a lot of gold ore all over my land. I took some specimens of quartz, and rocks that look like gold ore pics I found on the internet. Nothing real evident at first look. I broke some apart and examined it under a microscope. I found a piece with a gray vein going through it. Looks the color of a magnet. On the outer edges of the vein are shiny deposits that look like gold. Do you think this is gold? What do I do with this gold ore? How do I detect the gold and get it out? I"ll try to get some pics up on the weekend.
 

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grab a sample, about 1 pound, and crush it up real fine. Send it in to have it assayed. Chances are skimpy that its gold, but you never know.

Dont just send in the gold part, heheheheh. Crush up the whole chunk, quartz and all. When you have it assayed, it'll tell you how much gold per ton of ore.

Pick up a copy of International california Mining Journal to find an assayer, at your local rock shop. Or try this link- www.icmj.com
 

If it turns out to be gold ore, then:

1. Collect all the easy to get stuff, and sell it.

2. Contract with a mining company (for a percentage) that has all the equipment and expertise to get the difficult stuff.
 

I have the same stuff on my land in AZ . It could easily be Mica . It shines more than gold under those circumstances . You do need to crush some up and pan it just a little . If it floats or acts just like the other stuff then you have Mica . If it sinks to the bottom and stays then you could have gold .
 

Odds are that your specimen is not a gold ore. I am a geologist and have been on too many wild goose chases here. Pyrite, chalcopyrite, mica are the usual culprits.
To quell your interest have the rock assayed as assays are pretty inexpensive.

Now if it actually did contain some low level gold ore e.g. .012 grams/per ton the odds of you coming into a "gold mine" in this environmentally political correct country are remote. Too many obstacles lay in your path. The Sierra Club would probably protest around your home and government environmentalists would descend like locusts if you ever wanted to "develop" your gold mine.
If your specimen did contain trace amounts of gold do like what some folks are doing. Sell each piece on E-Bay as gold ore or gold specimen and make some money. Occasionally people go crazy on a specimen if it is rich in yellow color. I collect gold and mineral samples and occasionally buy off E-Bay and have a good laugh from time to time. Some of the smart miners are listing their ore samples there(not free milling gold ore)which have beautiful yellow colors which are mainly pyrite, chalcopyrite,etc with trace of gold. The miners are upfront even giving the assays eg 1/4 ounce per ton but people buy these specimens at good prices thinking that they are choke full of gold. They probably make more money selling their low level gold ore to the public than they would having the ore processed at 1/4 ounce per ton.


George
 

Thank you for all the good information. We own mineral rights to the land, around 45 acres. There are two mining claims dating back to 1850. The companies appear to be defunct and I am looking into having them removed. On my neighbors property there are still remnants of a stamping site. There is still an active mining operation about a 1/2 mile down the street from me. Just the foundation is remaining. It is an interesting place with lots of history. Fun to explore. I can walk down my creek and there are large quartsz rocks sticking out the side of the ground. Some around 12 inches and larger. I saw where people just sell the samples for a lot more thatn any gold would be worth. Just interested in a fun hobby that mey net a few bucks at the same time. I hace panned the creek a little and just come up with mica. The specimen I found in the mineral is a goldish silver in color. I probed it with a dental probe. It doesn't flake and appears to be like a soft metal. Any more idea's wll be appreciated. Like what is an efficient way to crush it? I have an assay office in town. I'll get some samples to them and let you know the results.
 

I would think you can just take a chunk in to the assay office and they will crush it and let you know what minerals are in it and how many ounces you could expect to get per ton. Hope it's gold!!
 

I have found something of the same on my mountain. We have pan it down to just the black fine dirt, but found no gold in it at all. We would get a reading on the detector, but nothing. Thought it might be "hot rocks", but they seemed to crush up pretty easy. So we panned it. Good luck, hope you do have a gold mine there.

Ken
 

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